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Politico: House panel backs $24B Pentagon budget boost, defying Biden
The committee voted to boost the budget topline of the annual National Defense Authorization Act in a 42-17 vote during its marathon markup of the military policy legislation.
The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday voted to endorse a nearly $24 billion increase to the Pentagon budget, delivering another bipartisan rebuke to President Joe Biden’s military spending plan.
The committee voted to boost the budget topline of the annual National Defense Authorization Act in a 42-17 vote during its marathon markup of the military policy legislation.
The Senate Armed Services Committee endorsed a similar increase this summer.
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WNU Editor: The committee voted 42 - 17 in favor of the extra boost. I expect more defense budget increases in the future. The shock of the U.S. military defeat in Afghanistan is only starting to be felt in Washington, and it has unnerved everyone.
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of course
ReplyDeleteIke warned about this military/industrial complex. Itdumps huge sums of money to various states for employment etc.
who needs health care or infrastructure fixes?