Fact Check: Does China Spend More Than U.S. on Defense?
A data graphic appears to show China outpacing the U.S. on its military spending by hundreds of billions of dollars, causing some confusion on social media.
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A data graphic appears to show China outpacing the U.S. on its military spending by hundreds of billions of dollars, causing some confusion on social media.
The U.S. Senate passed the annual defense appropriation package last week. This year's total: A cool $858 billion, $45 billion more than President Biden requested.
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In perhaps the most predictable column of the year, the Wall Street Journal this week featured a column by Walter Russell Mead declaring it's "Time to Increase Defense Spending." Using the Beijing Olympics and the potential Ukraine War to push for funneling ever more taxpayer dollars into military s