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Sen. McCain Blasts Delay In Defense Spending Hike

By Marc Selinger

Thursday, October 19th, 2017

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Sen. McCain Blasts Delay In Defense Spending Hike

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) Chairman, Senate Armed Services Committee

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), chided the Senate Oct. 19 for considering a fiscal year 2018 budget resolution that delays a decision on whether to boost defense spending.The resolution, which is intended mainly to pave the way for tax reform legislation, would provide $549 billion for defense, $54 billion less than what the Trump administration requested and $86 billion less than what the Senate-passed FY 2018 defense authorization bill would provide.“Even as we…

Congress

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Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]