House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) said Feb. 28 he is confident Congress will honor a bipartisan budget commitment to spend $716 billion on defense in fiscal year 2019, but added that lawmakers will likely grapple over a variety of "adjustments" in funding to specific programs, like shipbuilding. "We will make some changes," he told reporters. "I believe there is absolute commitment to stick to the budget agreement -- $700 [billion] this year, $716 [billion] next year --...
