House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) and Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA) appeared Thursday at an event billed as a bipartisan discussion on defense reform, but the continued budget conflict between Republicans and Democrats hovered over the conversation, as did the lawmakers' disagreement on their committee’s key policy bill. “The Republican party in the House and Senate is trying to not deal with the political interests of people they disagree with,” Smith said. One day prior, Smith announced...
