Lawmakers added a provision to key defense legislation that, if included in the final version, would prevent the Pentagon from reducing the military ‘s presence in Europe below a specific threshold.

The inclusion of this provision in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 , the language of which was released on Sunday, stands in contrast with the Trump administration’s stance on what its European presence should entail.

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Section 1249 prohibits the Pentagon from reducing “the total number o

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