Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fielded a variety of questions from the Senate Armed Services Committee today, with several lawmakers criticizing the Pentagon's budgetary posture. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS), who has previously criticized the Trump administration’s flat fiscal year 2026 base defense budget request and its reliance on a one-time boost from a separate reconciliation bill, said today he and other lawmakers “have heard” the Trump administration is planning for four straight years of flat defense budgets...
