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It’s not exactly “Man Bites Dog,” but “Congress Gets Defense Spending Right” is almost as surprising a headline. For too long now, we’ve been cutting corners when it comes to the military. Years of underfunding have given us a weakened force that, despite the hard work of our brave troops, is ill-equipped to handle the missions we keep throwing at it.

Two sources confirmed to Defense News that the president has chosen Gen. Brown to succeed Army Gen. Mark Milley as the nation’s top military officer.

"The odds are against it happening" by 2030, John Venable of the Heritage Foundation said. "In the last 25 or 30 years, nothing’s come in on time.”

The House Armed Services Committee needs to do more if it’s serious about continuing to rebuild the military and meeting the challenges outlined in the president’s National Defense Strategy.

Both contenders to replace Gen. Mark Milley as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff later this year will enhancing the U.S. ability to confront China.

Ukraine must rely on Western weapons to win the war with Russia. Ukrainian officials and many Western pundits have argued that providing Ukraine with advanced fourth-generation fighters, such as the F-16, is critical to success. They are wrong.

Four defense experts weigh in on the recent downing of unidentified flying objects, hitting on strategic gaps and failures possibly driven by optics over security, and more.

Volodymyr Omelyan, Ukraines former infrastructure minister, told Newsweek he was concerned it would take "weeks" for Western systems to arrive.

Lockheed Martin no longer has a monopoly on hypersonics.

This year’s President’s Club Meeting gathered hundreds of Heritage’s most dedicated members to participate in pressing policy discussions as we enter this exciting time for conservatives. The event featured some of America’s top policy experts, commentators, lawmakers, journalist and even Vice President-elect Mike Pence. Here are some of the best interviews, panels and speeches from this year's incredible event.