Biden’s VP Pick Opposes Boosting Defense Spending, But Supports Helping Vets and Families – By Richard Sisk (Military.com) / Aug 12 2020
Sen. Kamala Harris, named Tuesday by Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden as his running mate, has staked out positions against increases in defense spending. But she has supported boosting the Department of Veterans Affairs’ budget, her record shows.
The California Democrat has also called for increases in foreign aid, closer partnerships with allies on security issues, and an end to the military’s transgender ban.
In the Senate, and in her losing bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, the 55-year-old has argued for the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, cuts to border wall funding, and an overhaul of the Authorization for the Use of Military Force law to give Congress more say on war-zone deployments.
Harris has mostly taken positions in line with the overall policy of the Democratic Party.
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