Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Mark Thompson
“No one has ever accused the U.S. military of being a lean, mean, fighting machine. A call to give it $200 billion more split between this year and next won’t do anything to change that reality. But that’s what the new chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee wants to do. Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) thinks the money should be pumped into President Trump’s ‘Iron Dome for America’ missile defense shield, as well as ‘key investments in areas such as shipbuilding, submarines and the Air Force’s next-generation fighter,’ Valerie Insinna of Breaking Defense reported. Such an increase would represent ‘a magnificent opportunity to make the Defense Department and defense procurement more efficient and modern,’ Wicker said. (Did Wicker increase his three kids’ allowances when they made poor choices?)” (02/13/25)
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/pentagon-budget-2671144115/