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Fully KeptDefense/Military

Committed to support policies that strengthen the U.S. military and provide service members the best training and tools available.

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Fully KeptFact-checker reviewConfidence: 90%

The promise is a broad commitment to support policies that strengthen the U.S. military and give service members the best training and tools. All three cited PRIMARY sources (Hyde-Smith's own Senate office) were fetched and verified: (1) She voted for the FY2026 NDAA (77-20, Oct 10, 2025) authorizing a 3.8% pay raise, shipbuilding, and modernization, and stated near-verbatim to the promise that the goal is to ensure "our fighting men and women have the tools, technology, and training to defend our interest in an increasingly hostile world." (2) She welcomed/voted for the FY2026 Defense Appropriations bill (71-29, Jan 30, 2026) funding shipbuilding ($27.15B), pay raises (10% junior-enlisted bump), National Guard modernization ($800M), and a counter-drug school ($30M). (3) The FY2019 Defense Appropriations page headline confirms her vote "to rebuild U.S. military," with the bill funding pay raises, modernization, and advanced-technology/training work. Every quote in the rating appears verbatim on its source page. FULL rather than CHAMPIONED is correct: her role is consistent, reliable support (she explicitly credited Armed Services Chair Wicker's leadership on the NDAA), not authoring or driving the underlying defense policy. FULL rather than PARTIAL is correct: she supported the full breadth of the promise — military strength plus service-member training/tools — repeatedly and without exception in the evidence. The outcome does not overstate the record.

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