U.S. Indo-Pacific Command has sent Congress an unfunded priorities list totaling nearly $12 billion, a slight increase above the amount it identified for lawmakers last year , according to documents obtained by Inside Defense . Adm. Samuel Paparo, the chief of INDOPACOM, told lawmakers in a recent letter that the Trump administration’s fiscal year 2026 budget request “assists in advancing” the command’s priorities. “However,” he wrote, “unless accelerated, security remains at risk.” Key investments would include nearly $3 billion for...
