There’s an annual rite of spring in Washington, whereby the administration submits the largest defense budget in the history of the nation and it’s summarily denounced as wholly inadequate.
It happened during the Obama years, the Trump years, the Biden years, and this year is no exception.
“The FY ’25 defense budget is extremely tight, and that’s being generous,” groused Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, at an Army budget hearing last month. “At $895 billion for the year, that is a less than 1% increase over FY ’24. And when you factor in inflation, that 1% increase is actually a 2% decrease in defense spending.”
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House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) speaks to Ranking Member Rep.
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