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Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., over a series of votes he made against military spending and to withdraw troops from Afghanistan and Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I am deeply concerned about your lack of support for our military and your continued votes of withdrawals when we see a world on fire, withdrawing troops from Europe,&#8221; McCain said during Mulvaney&#8217;s hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;What were you thinking, honestly, when you voted for immediate withdraw of all US troops from Afghanistan?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hostility foreshadows an expected conflict between Mulvaney at the Office of Management and budget and congressional defense hawks. McCain has proposed $640 billion top-line for the 2018 defense budget, which House Armed Services Chairman Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, backs as well.\u00a0 <br\/> <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mulvaney, 49, is a spending hard-liner elected in the Tea Party wave of 2010. He has consistently rejected stop-gap spending resolutions and opposed the government&#8217;s need to increase its statutory borrowing limits to avoid default.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While lawmakers are wary of whether Mulvaney will support Trump&#8217;s aversion to entitlement cuts and his pledge to buildup the military, Mulvaney said he and Trump are &#8220;in lock-step.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In one exchange, with Sen. 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