The White House's fiscal year 2018 budget would boost national security spending by $54 billion, paid for by a 28 percent cut to the State Department, as well as double-digit cuts to other executive agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Housing and Urban Development, according to Mick Mulvaney, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget. Mulvaney said Wednesday the proposed reduction to State in the FY-18 "skinny budget" includes most foreign aid programs. "There's...
