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Defense Budget

Trump Signs $1.3 Trillion Omnibus Spending Bill

Cites national security concerns, need to properly fund military

BY: Jack Heretik

March 23, 2018 2:36 pm

Report: Europe’s Defense Spending Falls Short of Trump’s Target for NATO Members

BY: Graham Piro

March 15, 2018 3:28 pm

Most of America’s allies in Europe have continued to fall short of President Donald Trump’s stated goal of devoting at least two percent of economic output to defense spending, according to a new report. 

Trump’s Defense Budget Seeks Boost to Missile Defense Amid North Korea Threat

Budget would increase defense spending by more than 25%
Donald Trump

BY: Natalie Johnson

February 13, 2018 5:00 am

President Donald Trump’s $686 billion defense budget for 2019 would increase missile defense spending by more than 25 percent over the Pentagon’s 2018 request, underscoring the administration’s concern about North Korea’s expanding ballistic missile and nuclear programs.

Wallace Presses Mulvaney on Deficits: ‘Isn’t President Trump the Big Spender Now?’

BY: Paul Crookston

February 11, 2018 10:57 am

Mattis Warns of Consequences for Military if Congress Doesn’t Pass Defense Budget

US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis

BY: Jack Heretik

February 7, 2018 3:11 pm

Mattis: ‘If You Threaten Us, It Will Be Your Longest and Worst Day’

Defense Secretary James Mattis

BY: Cameron Cawthorne

February 6, 2018 3:13 pm

Pentagon Agency Can’t Account for Over $800 Million in Expenses

The Pentagon

BY: Jack Heretik

February 5, 2018 9:49 am

A major Department of Defense agency cannot account for over $800 million worth of projects after a recent audit.

Pentagon Urges Congress to Fully Fund Military: Short-Term Funding Is ‘Wasteful’

The Pentagon

BY: Jack Heretik

February 1, 2018 2:08 pm

Mattis Speaks to GOP Lawmakers at Annual Retreat: ‘I Need to Make the Military More Lethal’

BY: Katelyn Caralle

February 1, 2018 10:45 am

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis spoke to House and Senate Republicans on Thursday at an annual GOP retreat, where he said the military needs to be “more lethal.”

Paul Ryan Slams Senate Dems for Holding Military ‘Hostage’ in Immigration Debate

'Our military is being used as a bargaining chip'
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan

BY: Natalie Johnson

January 18, 2018 12:40 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) on Thursday accused Senate Democrats of using the military as a “bargaining chip” in negotiations on an Obama-era program that protects young undocumented immigrants raised in the United States from deportation.

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