Joe Biden Says He’ll Keep U.S. Troops in the Middle East if Elected President
Biden said in an interview Thursday that he would keep an enduring U.S. troop presence in the Middle East if elected president.
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President Trump Signs Defense Bill Creating Space Force — First New Military Branch Since 1947
President Trump signed the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act that officially created the Space Force.
Study Confirms: U.S. Military Superiority ‘Has Eroded to a Dangerous Degree’
The American military’s superiority “has eroded to a dangerous degree,” and U.S. ability to win a war against adversaries like China and Russia “is increasingly in doubt,” a bipartisan report commissioned by Congress to evaluate U.S. President Donald Trump’s defense strategy revealed on Wednesday, echoing other assessments.
Mattis Vows to ‘Clean Up’ Problems Found in Pentagon Audit
ABOARD A MILITARY AIRCRAFT — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Sunday vowed to clean up problems found by the Pentagon’s first building-wide audit.
Report: Trump to Request Military Spending Boost in 2019
President Donald Trump is poised next month to request a boost in military spending for 2019, according to a recent report by the Washington Post.
James Woolsey: Trump Should Have Hammered Clinton on Her ‘Devastating’ Record as Secretary of State
James Woolsey, former CIA director during the Clinton administration, currently a senior adviser to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, joined Breitbart News Daily with SiriusXM host Alex Marlow to talk about the “Securing America” segment of Monday night’s presidential debate.
Report: Military Budget Cuts Prompt Rise in Fatal Plane Crashes During Training
Military budget cuts have led to overused planes and undertrained pilots, a move that has fueled a “sharp increase” in aviation accidents, some fatal, during training exercises at home, reports Stars and Stripes, citing data it has obtained from the Naval Safety Center.
U.S. Army Has Lowest Number of Active Duty Soldiers Since 1940
According to the Army Times, “nearly 2,600 soldiers departed active service in March without being replaced, an action that plunges manning to its lowest level since before World War II.”
GOP Congress, Speaker Paul Ryan, Push Obama-Approved 2016 Spending Bill
House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republican leaders in Congress are putting the final touches on a massive omnibus spending bill that will fund the federal government until after the presidential election.
Populist-in-Chief: Mike Huckabee Says Humble Roots Connect Him With America’s Working Class
ANAHEIM, California — Former Arkansas Governor and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee expanded upon his platform’s emphasis on building America’s economy and strengthening its military, during Friday’s annual California GOP Convention.
USA Today: U.S. Army to Pink Slip 40,000 Soldiers Over Next 2 Years
The U.S. Army is expected to lay off 40,000 soldiers over the next two years, shrinking its size to 450,000, the smallest number since before World War II, a document obtained by USA Today shows.
Ashton Carter ‘Incredibly Optimistic’ About U.S. Global Presence Amid Conflicts in Middle East, Asia, Europe
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Ashton Carter said he is “incredibly optimistic” about the United States’s position in the world.
World View: Washington Joins the World in Explosive Spending Splurge
End of sequestration signals explosive new spending splurge in Washington; The Iraq war had nothing to do with the federal deficit; Government receipts plunged when the bubbles burst; The high federal deficit is caused by bubbles bursting, not the Iraq war
White House: Obama Wants to ‘Fully Reverse’ the Sequester and End ‘Mindless Austerity’
The White House announced Thursday morning that President Barack Obama wants Congress to “fully reverse” bipartisan sequester spending limits by boosting domestic and defense spending by $70 billion in an effort to “end the era of manufactured crises and mindless austerity.”
