Dems demand military investigation into Qatar’s plane gift to Trump
Lawmakers worry the expensive gift could create financial and legal issues for the Defense Department.
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Trump requests $892.6 billion base defense budget, a real-terms cut
The administration framed the budget as a 13% increase, but that includes a spending package Congress has yet to pass.
Here’s the verdict from Congress on the Pentagon’s enterprise cloud
Restrictions were addressed in the Department of Defense’s fiscal year 2020 appropriations bill.
Spending deal would avoid shutdown, give $738B to defense
Congress has a long-awaited 2020 spending deal that contains a windfall for the Defense Department.
Would Trump drive NATO exit? Congress works on roadblocks.
Amid uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s intentions toward NATO, Congress is taking bipartisan action to stop him from withdrawing from the alliance.
Ukraine could get new, deadlier missiles, thanks to Congress
The new weapons would be a boon to Ukraine, which has struggled with Russian assets in the Black Sea.
Trump needs to explain Afghan mission, says Thornberry
President Donald Trump owes the American people a clearer explanation for the U.S. military’s activities in Afghanistan, says the House Armed Services Committee’s top Republican.
US Air Mobility Command wants to work with the Space Force. Just don’t expect space-based cargo ops.
Air Mobility Command has some ideas for collaboration with the Space Force.
Should the US beef up military presence in the Baltics? Congress wants to know.
Amid a call from the Baltics for more U.S. military presence, Congress is requiring the Pentagon to assess what is needed.
Congress may have given the Air Force an exit door for the light attack aircraft program
Congress included language in the defense authorization bill that would let the Air Force shift its light attack aircraft funding to U.S. Special Operations Command.
Congress backs off push for space-based missile intercept layer
A space-based missile defense intercept layer takes a back seat to a sensor constellation in the conference report for Congress' FY20 defense policy bill.
