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Budget deal gives a big funding boost to defense, but Republicans wanted more
The $738 billion plan for defense spending next year falls short of what some claimed was needed to maintain military might.
Rock n Roll all night: PODCAST
Defense Nerds podcast for June 17, 2019: The all-night NDAA mark-up and Trump's plans to repaint Air Force One.
House panel advances $733B defense budget bill over GOP objections
In a break with tradition, most Republicans on the panel opposed the measure over concerns about funding totals.
Democrats scoff at GOP’s shifting defense budget
Key Democrats are laughing off reports that President Trump reversed course on his defense spending plans and now wants a dramatic boost in the military budget next fiscal year.
By Joe Gould
Bolton: National debt ‘threat to the society,’ forcing DoD spending to ‘flatten out’
The White House national security adviser is reaffirming 5 percent cuts at federal agencies.
By Joe Gould