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The spending would overstep legal limits set on defense spending for the coming year by more than $80 billion. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
National Security

Senate sends $700 billion budget cap-busting defense bill to Trump

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Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson, left, and Gen. David L. Goldfein, right, chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, have raised concerns about retaining people as many pilots leave for better pay in the civilian sector. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais )
Foreign Policy

Empty Cockpit Syndrome: Air Force struggles to pull pilot plunge out of tailspin

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From left, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, President Donald Trump's top economic adviser Gary Cohn, and Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speak at a news conference as work gets underway on the Senate's version of the GOP tax reform bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Economy

Next week: House, Senate move on tax reform

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Defense Bill Reauthorizes Lethal Defensive Aid for Ukraine
Magazine

Defense Bill Reauthorizes Lethal Defensive Aid for Ukraine

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On Wednesday, members from the House and the Senate struck an agreement on a bill that proposes a major hike in defense spending and a raft of Pentagon reforms. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Foreign Policy

Here’s a look at what did (and didn’t) make it into the $700 billion defense policy bill

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The National Defense Authorization Act negotiated by the two armed services committees includes $634.2 billion in base spending priorities versus $603 billion requested by President Trump this spring. It also sets aside $65.7 billion for overseas military operations. (U.S. Navy photo)
National Security

House and Senate reach deal on budget cap-busting $700 billion defense bill

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President Trump delivered a speech to the U.S. troops at the U.S. Yokota Air Base, on the outskirts of Tokyo, on Sunday. Trump arrived in Japan Sunday on a five-nation trip to Asia, his second extended foreign trip since taking office and his first to Asia. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
National Security

Trump asks Congress for $6 billion for missile defense, ship repair, Asia strategy

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Blackwater USA founder Erik Prince testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007, before the House Oversight Committee hearing examining the mission and performance of the private military contractor Blackwater in Iraq and Afghanistan. (AP Photos/Susan Walsh)
Foreign Policy

Erik Prince believes Trump will eventually privatize Afghanistan War

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Facebook ads linked to a Russian effort to disrupt the American political process were displayed as Google's senior vice president and general counsel, Facebook's general counsel, and Twitter's acting general counsel testified during House Intelligence Committee hearings on Capitol Hill this week. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Beltway Confidential

Hey, Congress: National security is your job, not the job of social media companies

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Any congressional deal is likely to hinge, like the last budget compromise, on Democrats' demand that increases in the cap for defense must be matched with increases for non-defense spending.
Foreign Policy

‘All bets off’ for House and Senate defense spending hikes

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