
As lawmakers prepared to see what would come out of this year’s Munich Security Conference this weekend, Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) told a Center for Strategic and International Studies panel that other NATO members would need to step up and spend more on defense if the organization is to maintain a meaningful role in international affairs. Murphy acknowledged that budgets around the globe are strained right now, including the United States’ defense budget. But, he said,…