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Podcast: Pentagon Aims at Russia, China With Big Budget Boost

CQ on Congress, Episode 91

Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., escorts Secretary of Defense nominee James Mattis to the hearing room for his confirmation hearing in the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., escorts Secretary of Defense nominee James Mattis to the hearing room for his confirmation hearing in the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
By Shawn Zeller and Andrew Clevenger
Posted February 16, 2018 at 2:18pm

Congress’ budget deal gives the Pentagon the money it says it needs to deter the world’s other great powers. CQ defense reporter Andrew Clevenger and Mandy Smithberger of the Project on Government Oversight discuss lawmakers’ reasoning in approving the big budget boost.

 

 

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