We didn’t hire Secretary Austin to use the world’s largest military to scare us into taking his boss’s preferred political positions. He should never be taken seriously by Republicans again. https://t.co/s8EjoLV4zI

— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) October 7, 2021

U.S. News reports, “The threat of the U.S. government defaulting on its loans became real enough Wednesday for the Pentagon to wade into the political morass, warning Congress that a failure to act would harm America’s ability to defend itself and take care of its troops…’

The Pentagon chief’s stark warning comes amid an increasingly tense standoff between the White House and Republicans in Congress, who have opposed Democratic attempts to raise America’s debt limit as a way to rail against President Joe Biden’s domestic investment agenda.”

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