Smith on DOD budget: 'It's going to go up, no doubt about it'

By Tony Bertuca / March 3, 2022 at 12:25 PM
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA), who in the past has been critical of Congress' willingness to increase the U.S. defense budget, said today the Russian invasion of Ukraine has provided a new moment of "clarity" for the Washington national security establishment that will likely lead to increased defense spending. “I haven’t picked a number yet, but without question it is going to have to be bigger than we thought,” he said during a panel discussion at the...

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