The House Armed Services Committee is set to authorize a defense spending increase beyond what the Trump administration has proposed for fiscal year 2018 when the committee drafts its version of the defense authorization bill next week, and will likely do so as the GOP remains mired in negotiations over a broader budgetary blueprint. Though the committee has yet to officially announce the FY-18 defense topline for its bill, panel member Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT) said Wednesday the authorizers are...