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US Air Force requests $156.3 billion in FY19, plans to retire B-1, B-2 fleets
ROME — The fiscal 2019 budget for the U.S. Air Force plans to grow the service from 55 to 58 combat squadrons over the next five years, while buying dozens of high-end aircraf...
By Susanna V. Blume
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FY19 budget puts US ‘back to a position of primacy,’ Mattis says
ROME – A new budget agreement in Congress, coupled with the fiscal year 2019 budget, has given the Pentagon the ramp it needs to begin reshaping the U.S. military, defense sec...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Trump Proposes 10% Bump for the Pentagon — Then Four Flat Years
The Trump administration is proposing $3.6 trillion in Pentagon spending over the next five years, a budget that defense officials said positions the military to better compet...
By Susanna V. Blume
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A special report on the future of war
As well as those mentioned in the text, the author would like to express special thanks to the following people for their help in preparing this special report:Douglas Barrie,...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Shutdown or stopgap deal? Either way, military suffers
President Donald Trump is correct to warn that a government shutdown would harm the military — but the short-term spending deal he’s pledged to sign would also hamper the Pent...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Amid government shutdown, the military becomes major front in political battle
The U.S. military faced a variety of consequences as a result of a federal government shutdown Saturday, with U.S. troops working at least temporarily without pay, thousands o...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Lawmakers face defense funding fight in the new year
WASHINGTON – The budget instabilities that plagued a challenged military in 2017 won’t end with New Year’s celebrations. Instead, lawmakers have delayed a defense funding figh...
By Susanna V. Blume & Lauren Fish