If the Biden administration wants to ensure America's security while protecting non-defense spending, it needs to start working on a budget deal before November's election, says John Ferrari of AEI.
"Russia is watching us. China is watching us. Our allies are watching us and they all want to see how seriously America is taking security in this destabilized world," writes Rep. Rob Wittman in a new op-ed.
Responding to sharp criticism of his former service in print in a Breaking Defense op-ed and implied in new legislation retired Adm. James Foggo says the Navy needs support, not more onerous oversight.
HASC "believes that directed energy technology has matured to the point where it may be successfully deployed against current rocket, artillery, mortar, and cruise missile threats," read one NDAA amendment.
After a directive confused some lawmakers, a provision in the NDAA threatens to nullify a potential shake-up of the Army's acquisition bureaucracy if representatives don't receive additional information about who's doing what.