{"id":61964,"date":"2018-08-13T21:26:52","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T21:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/08\/13\/trump-signs-bill-named-for-sen-john-mccain-doesnt-mention-him\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:18:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:18:47","slug":"trump-signs-bill-named-for-sen-john-mccain-doesnt-mention-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/08\/13\/trump-signs-bill-named-for-sen-john-mccain-doesnt-mention-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump signs bill named for Sen. John McCain, doesn\u2019t mention him"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FORT DRUM, N.Y. \u2014 President Donald Trump on Monday signed a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/congress\/2018\/08\/13\/space-force-and-midterms-share-stage-as-trump-signs-pentagon-policy-bill\/\" target=_blank>$716 billion defense policy bill<\/a> named for John McCain but included no mention in his remarks of the Republican senator, who is battling brain cancer at home in Arizona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2018\/03\/09\/mccain-joins-defense-voices-slamming-trump-tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trump and McCain<\/a> are engaged in a long-running feud that dates to Trump\u2019s 2016 presidential run. At campaign rallies, Trump regularly castigates McCain \u2014 without outright naming him \u2014 for casting a dramatic thumbs-down vote that doomed Trump\u2019s effort last year to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which was enacted by President Barack Obama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump said there was \u201cno better place than right here at Fort Drum\u201d to celebrate passage of the defense bill, which will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/congress\/2018\/07\/26\/us-defense-policy-bill-clears-house-rockets-to-senate\/\" target=_blank>boost military pay by 2.6 percent<\/a>, giving service members their largest increase in nine years.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/08\/13\/space-force-and-midterms-share-stage-as-trump-signs-pentagon-policy-bill\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18225663752430.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Space Force and midterms share stage as Trump signs Pentagon policy bill<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">President Donald Trump signed the annual defense policy bill at the Army\u2019s Fort Drum, turning the $716 billion budget package into law.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill \u2014 formally named the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act but referred to by Trump as simply the National Defense Authorization Act \u2014 will introduce thousands of new recruits to active duty, reserve and National Guard units and replace aging tanks, planes, ships and helicopters with more advanced and lethal technology, Trump said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Hopefully, we&#8217;ll be so strong we&#8217;ll never have to use it. But if we ever did, nobody has a chance,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill also authorizes billions of dollars for military construction, including family housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Besides setting policy and spending levels, the bill weakens a bid to clamp down on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/05\/03\/navy-secretary-other-us-officials-increasingly-sounding-alarm-over-chinese-smartphone-maker-huawei\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chinese telecom company ZTE<\/a>. It allows Trump to waive sanctions against countries that bought Russian weapons and now want to buy U.S. military equipment. The bill provides no money for Trump\u2019s requested Space Force but authorizes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/07\/18\/initial-cost-for-trump-military-parade-comes-in-at-12-million-dod-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">the military parade he wants in Washington<\/a> in November. The White House has said it will outline a budget for the space force next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The measure also addresses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/05\/07\/child-on-child-sexual-assault-problem-at-bases-worse-than-previously-reported-military-officials-disclose\/\" target=_blank>child-on-child sexual assault at U.S. military bases worldwide<\/a>, an issue an Associated Press investigation revealed this spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The compromise bill removes a provision reinstating penalties against ZTE and restricting the company&#8217;s ability to buy U.S. component parts. ZTE was almost forced out of business after being accused of selling sensitive information to nations hostile to the U.S., namely Iran and North Korea, in violation of trade laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2018\/05\/02\/exchanges-pull-certain-chinese-cellphones-other-devices-over-security-concerns\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-646238118.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Exchanges pull certain Chinese cellphones, other devices over security concerns<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Huawei and ZTE products are off the shelves worldwide.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump warned in May that the ban was causing heavy job losses in China, and the Commerce Department reached a deal to lift the ban in June, allowing business with U.S. companies to resume. The bill retains language blocking U.S. government purchases and contracts with ZTE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The measure also includes provisions designed to improve how the Defense Department handles reports of sexual assaults among the tens of thousands of children and teens who live and go to school on the military bases where their parents serve. An AP investigation documented broad failures of justice when military kids report incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the changes, the bill creates new legal protections for students at Department of Defense Education Activity schools and requires the school system and the Pentagon to develop new policies for responding to reports on bases more generally. Schools and the armed services also must start tracking incidents \u2014 AP identified nearly 700 over 10 years, but that was a certain undercount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The annual measure sets policies and a budget outline for the Pentagon and will be followed by a later appropriations bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1186\" height=\"626\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/John-McCain-in-2017.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/John-McCain-in-2017.jpg.jpg 1186w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/John-McCain-in-2017.jpg.jpg?resize=300,158 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/John-McCain-in-2017.jpg.jpg?resize=768,405 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/John-McCain-in-2017.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,540 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1186px) 100vw, 1186px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. John McCain talks with Air Force Lt. Col. Karl Weinbrecht at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on July 4, 2015. (1st Lt. Michael Mortellaro\/U.S. Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump and McCain have had a strained relationship for years. During his election campaign, Trump declared that McCain, who was a prisoner of war for more than five years in Vietnam, was not a war hero, and he has publicly and privately blamed McCain for submarining the Republican health care bill last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In May, a West Wing aide dismissed McCain&#8217;s negative opinion on Trump&#8217;s CIA nominee during a closed-door meeting by saying of the senator that &#8220;he&#8217;s dying anyway.&#8221; Trump, who has long prided himself on never apologizing, believing it shows weakness, did not apologize, but the aide was later fired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, McCain expressed pride in the bill signing in a statement he issued afterward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I&#8217;m proud the NDAA is now law &amp; humbled Congress chose to designate it in my name. As Chairman of the Armed Services Cmte, I&#8217;ve found high purpose in service of a cause greater than self_the cause of our troops who defend America &amp; all that she stands for,&#8221; he tweeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His wife, Cindy McCain, meanwhile, retweeted a tweet from CBS News that noted Trump had neglected to mention McCain at the signing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Associated Press writer Darlene Superville in Washington contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No words or thanks for the senator and former POW, who is battling brain cancer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":96237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":68,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[100,23,93,12,25,68],"tags":[],"coauthors":[2017],"class_list":["post-61964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-home","category-middle-column","category-news","category-newsletters","category-pentagon-congress"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"RKMWB3GRONAO3ESS7F7ROVCD2M","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/08\/13\/trump-signs-bill-named-for-sen-john-mccain-doesnt-mention-him\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump signs bill named for Sen. 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