Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), the ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee who helped guide past budget deals to significantly boost defense spending, said today he supports the latest two-year budget compromise reached by the White House and Congress, even though it provides $12 billion less for the Pentagon than he thinks necessary. "I support the budget agreement that has been reached and that the House will most likely vote on tomorrow," he told reporters on Capitol Hill. "It...
