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	Battles over Defense Department budget await the next president Presidential nominees Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have pledged on the campaign trail to get tough about the nation’s defense. But by spring, the next president’s military plans could already be hamstrung by Capitol Hill politics.   Military readiness crisis: Is it reality or just politics? The ongoing debate over whether the military is sufficiently ready to fight and defend the country was shaken up in August.   Feds test bomb remnants of New York blast that injured 29 An explosion in a crowded Manhattan neighborhood on Saturday night left 29 people injured, and authorities said a second nearby site was also being investigated.  ..........MORE Stars and Stripes Daily Headlines