The opening bell has officially rung in Washington's latest round of arguments over national defense spending. Senate Armed Services Committee Republicans, seeking to re-frame the ongoing budget conversation , voiced alarm today that the White House has jettisoned plans for a $733 billion topline in favor of a $33 billion cut to help control skyrocketing deficits. Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-OK), who presided over a hearing today with the co-chairs of the National Defense Strategy Commission, succeeded in getting them to...