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 … Read more
As Congress debates the 2027 defense budget, members must confront an essential reality: their children and grandchildren will be left footing the bill. Many of the dollars that will be appropriated for military purposes in 2027 will be borrowed and tacked onto the ballooning national debt. But that is only part of the problem. Defense … Read more
The war against Iran may have resulted in some tactical victories for Israel and the United States on the battlefield, but Israel is not winning American public opinion and neither are those American leaders who ardently support it. This dwindling popularity could put in jeopardy the $3.8 billion that Israel receives in U.S. military aid … Read more