Unpopularity of war puts $1.5 trillion defense budget in crosshairs

Dems Launch Overdue Salvo Against $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Budget

The debates in the Senate and House Armed Services Committees this month over this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the Pentagon’s annual authorization bill, were anything but business as usual. Perhaps the biggest shift in tone and substance was an unprecedented, bicameral challenge to the Pentagon’s ever-growing budget. The rest of Congress should take note. Early in the House committee’s marathon 14-hour markup of the bill, R…

Unpopularity of war puts $1.5 trillion defense budget in crosshairs

The debates in the Senate and House Armed Services Committees this month over this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the Pentagon’s annual authorization bill, were anything but business as usual. Perhaps the biggest shift in tone and substance was an unprecedented, bicameral challenge to the Pentagon’s ever-growing budget. The rest of Congress should take note.Early in the House committee’s marathon 14-hour markup of the bill, Re…