SIMI VALLEY, CA -- Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the next Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee chairman, delivered a forceful call for massive increases in Pentagon spending on Saturday -- warning the United States must be prepared for the growing threat of simultaneous conflicts and advance a roadmap to "restore" U.S. primacy through alliances and re-invigorated deterrence. In his first in-depth remarks on security matters since being named to head the powerful congressional spending panel, McConnell -- who stepped down as Senate...