Latest "sequestration" stories

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: The rush before spring break

Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of April 8, 2019.

By Leo Shane III and Joe Gould

4 years ago

Is Trump really going to cut the defense budget?

Is it a negotiating ploy or a sincere message from the president that defense has to preparing for slimmer spending?

By Leo Shane III

4 years ago

Former US Air Force head details decision to cut maintenance budgets in 2013

Eric Fanning was acting secretary of the Air Force when sequestration hit. He lays out the reasons the service cut maintenance funding and whether that is impacting the modern aviation crisis.

By Aaron Mehta

5 years ago

Mattis: New defense strategy won’t work under budget caps

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis warns lawmakers the strategy is “not sustainable” under budget caps due to return in 2020 and 2021, unless Congress arrives at a way to ease or eliminate them.

5 years ago

Trump warns of looming threats, promises to boost military might in State of the Union address

In his first State of the Union address, Trump also announced plans to keep the detention facilities at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay open to house enemy combatants.

By Leo Shane III

5 years ago