Includes care for dogs injured by Iranian weapons in Iraq
Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) introduced on Thursday evening an amendment to a massive budget bill being debated by the Senate that would divert U.S. taxpayer funds meant to implement the Iran nuclear deal and, instead, give it to the Defense Department for the training and medical care of military dogs, including dogs who are deployed to war zones.
Cruz’s amendment, a copy of which was obtained by the Washington Free Beacon,
was filed as Amendment 838 and would divert around $10 million
allocated to the State and Treasury Departments for implementing the
2015 nuclear accord—specifically money that would be spent by the Biden
administration granting sanctions waivers—and give it to the Pentagon’s
military dogs. The amendment is meant to proactively prevent the Biden
administration from spending American taxpayer funds on its expected
push to reenter the deal, which former President Donald Trump abandoned
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