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Vacation, all I ever wanted: PODCAST

Defense Nerds podcast for Aug. 5, 2019: Congress recess, Hyten nomination, National Presidential Joke Day

By Leo Shane III and Joe Gould

4 years ago

Divided Senate passes 2-year budget deal with military boost

The U.S. Senate sent the president a $2.7 trillion budget plan with roughly $45 billion more in military funding over two years, despite complaints from fiscal conservatives the measure would raise the federal deficit.

4 years ago

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.

By Leo Shane III and Joe Gould

4 years ago

This week in Congress: Filling the Pentagon’s vacancies

Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of July 22, 2019.

By Leo Shane III

4 years ago

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