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A $16 billion list of lower-priority defense items like tanks, helicopter upgrades and a ship, that would normally be paid for as part of the defense budget, could go unfunded after the U.S. passed a landmark bill that lifts the debt ceiling but curbs federal spending.

A $16 billion list of lower-priority defense items like tanks, helicopter upgrades and a ship, that would normally be paid for as part of the defense budget, could go unfunded after the U.S. passed a... | June 2, 2023

By Mike Stone and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A $16 billion list of lower-priority defense items like tanks, helicopter upgrades and a sh...

By Mike Stone and Patricia Zengerle

A handful of GOP defense hawks plan to oppose the debt deal between Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy rather than endorse the administration’s $886 billion military budget that they’ve panned as too low.

Congress faces a dilemma in 2023 to properly resource defense programs for fiscal year (FY) 2024 and beyond to counter China and other high-priority threats to U.S. interests while reducing annual deficit spending in the wake of decades of reckless federal expenditures over the past three decades. Every dollar that can be saved in the existing defense budget is one that can be applied to increasing the lethality and effectiveness of the Armed Forces and achieving related government priorities.

Even if President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy find a way out of the debt limit debacle, AEI's John Ferrari and Charles Rahr argue a compromise could be just that for America's military.

THE world's largest warship, USS Gerald Ford, launched its first mission in a massive Nato drill as a message of defiance against Putin.The $13 billio

The commission was supposed to be up and running by March, but that deadline came and went. Only three of eight members have been announced.

The Navy has 31 amphibious ships — what the Corps considers the bare minimum it needs — but the Pentagon plans to shrink the fleet in fiscal 2024.