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Military budget set to swell

CQ Budget, Ep. 247

House Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith conducts a hearing in May 2021.
House Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith conducts a hearing in May 2021. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call file photo)

The Armed Services panels in both chambers have now weighed in on the fiscal 2023 national security budget. Peter Cohn and John M. Donnelly discuss how they will keep up the pressure on appropriators to add tens of billions of dollars more to President Joe Biden’s defense proposals.

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