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Analyst Challenges Notion Military Is In Crisis, Calls For Modest But Steady Budget Increase

Tuesday, February 28th, 2017

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Analyst Challenges Notion Military Is In Crisis, Calls For Modest But Steady Budget Increase

The Pentagon, headquarters of the Department of Defense. DoD photo by Master Sgt. Ken Hammond, U.S. Air Force.

The same afternoon President Donald Trump prescribed a $54 billion boost in military spending, Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Michael O’Hanlon questioned both the need for such a funding bump and the campaign rhetoric used to justify it.O’Hanlon, speaking to a forum on Army rapid equipping capabilities hosted by the Lexington Institute on Monday said the notion that the military is “in crisis” or any of the other derogatory terms the president often uses, is simply not true. He called for…

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