
In light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, now in its seventh day, the Democratic controlled House and its Armed Services Committee are certain to authorize an increase in the defense budget for fiscal year 2023, the committee’s leader said Thursday. “It’s gonna go up,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), the Armed Services chair, said Thursday during a question and answer session at the American Enterprise Institute think tank in Washington. With hearing season only starting on Capitol Hill and the Russian-instigated…