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The proposed defense budget unveiled Monday by the White House puts nearly $1 billion, full funding, toward a comprehensive missile defense system for Guam.

With the release of the Pentagon's FY23 budget request likely only a month or so away, defense experts offered their best guesses about what programs might be on the chopping block.

As the Biden administration cuts it close with critical post, one analyst said Grady is a former fleet operator versed in "the challenges of dealing with day-to-day activities to counter adversaries and deter aggression."

Here are some of the other highlights of the hearing: On Afghanistan: Milley downplayed recent battlefield successes by the Taliban in Afghanistan, stressing that most of the district centers controlled by the insurgents were seized before the U.S. military began withdrawing and that no provincial capitals have fallen. “There's 81 district centers that are currently, we think, are underneath Taliban control. That's out of 419 district centers,” he said. “There's no provincial capital that is underneath Taliban control, and there’s 34 of those. “It is true that the Taliban are snipin...

DepSecDef Hicks called the president’s $715 billion spending request “a foundation for fielding a full range of needed capabilities.” Republicans called...