Brown pushing for supplemental bill that would inject billions into U.S. defense industry

By Tony Bertuca / March 28, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. C.Q. Brown said he and other officials are working hard to get lawmakers to support a $95 billion supplemental spending package that would inject tens of billions of dollars into the U.S. defense industry, while also aiding Ukraine and Israel. “Eighty percent of that money comes back into our defense industrial base, our American workforce, American jobs,” he said during an event hosted by the Defense Writers Group in Washington. “We’ve got to talk...

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