"We’ve got to do a quick reality check on the national budget and what is likely to happen in the not too distant future," says the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Two of the Trump administration’s top national security officials have signaled in the last week that the NATO target of spending 2 percent of gross domestic product on defense is now the “gold standard” being applied to all allies around the globe.
The U.S. easily remains the largest defense spender in the world, accounting for 38 percent of global military expenditures in 2019, according to a new report by SIPRI.
Modly’s resignation offer comes less than a day after numerous Democratic members of Congress called for his firing over his handling of the dismissal of the commanding officer of the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt.
Thousands of high-profile South Korean workers will start losing paychecks come April 1, which is likely to make negotiations between Seoul and Washington even more difficult than it's already going.