Topline watch: Pentagon and Hill officials ask Trump to halt $33B cut

By Tony Bertuca / December 10, 2018 at 5:00 AM
President Trump has now heard from a long line of Pentagon and Capitol Hill officials urging him to halt a $33 billion defense budget cut being contemplated by the Office of Management and Budget, including Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-OK), who said he is optimistic that Trump understands the position of GOP defense hawks. Inhofe, in his first speech as chairman , said he met with Trump for two hours at the White House...

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