Washington insiders invited to huddle on Pentagon budget 'reprioritization' -- just don't call it a 'cut'

By Tony Bertuca / February 17, 2023 at 1:47 PM
A group of influential Washington analysts is inviting Pentagon and Capitol Hill insiders to convene at the right-leaning Heritage Foundation next week to discuss ways to "reprioritize" the nation's $858 billion defense budget ahead of what promises to be a bruising congressional debate likely to again pit defense hawks against deficit hawks. The two-day meeting will begin Feb. 23 at the Heritage Foundation’s headquarters in Washington and will be co-hosted by the American Enterprise Institute, another right-leaning think tank. The...

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