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Can we please talk about WHY we are in a missile shortage?

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill who are being cajoled into spending billions more on the military budget need to read this first

Hegseth: fears that stockpiles depleted are 'foolishly' overstated
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Hegseth: fears that stockpiles depleted are 'foolishly' overstated

The defense secretary defied all expert reporting, saying "we know exactly what we have. We have plenty of what we need."

Pete Hegseth
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2 hearings, 0 justification for a $1.5 trillion military budget

What was most surprising about today's Hegseth-Caine congressional hearings was perhaps what was missing: a real enemy.

Jules Hurst Pete Hegseth Dan Caine
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Expert: Iran war cost $72 billion over first two months

The Pentagon has badly undervalued the expense of the conflict, according to an independent estimate

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White House requests $1.5 trillion defense budget

The proposal banks on Republicans’ risky reconciliation gambit

Despite ban, pernicious military 'earmarks' are back in the billions
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Despite ban, pernicious military 'earmarks' are back in the billions

Lawmakers are using program increases to push for pet projects the DoD didn’t even ask for