Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-OK) on Wednesday came out in favor of a $733 billion total defense topline, putting him at odds with the White House. Inhofe released a statement reacting to the findings of an independent commission tasked with studying the National Defense Strategy. "In particular, I am troubled by the commission's unequivocal assessment that the National Defense Strategy is not adequately resourced, and that our nation is 'very near the point of strategic insolvency,'" he...
