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President Donald Trump, surrounded by military officials and members of Congress, including Vice President Mike Pence (R) and Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis (L), signs H.R. 2810, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, DC, Dec. 12, 2017. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed the National Defense Authorization Act, the annual defense policy bill.
The bill includes an overall increase in spending on the military and the acquisition of new defense equipment. Among the budgeted expenses are F-35 Joint Strike fighters, ground combat vehicles, and Virginia-class submarines.
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