Biden signs defense bill, despite ban on transgender health care for military kids
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President Biden on Monday signed into law a defense bill that authorizes significant pay raises for junior enlisted service members, aims to counter China's growing power and boosts overall military spending to $895 billion despite his objections to language stripping coverage of transgender medical treatments for children in military families.
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"No service member should have to decide between their family's health care access and their call to serve our nation," the president said in a statement.
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