June 13, 2017

2017-06-13T22:09:09-04:00

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Defense Secretary James Mattis and General Joseph Dunford, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on President Trump’s fiscal year 2018 budget proposal for the Defense Department. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), the committee’s chair, chastised the two witnesses for not yet delivering a comprehensive strategy for winning the ongoing war in Afghanistan, saying it was difficult to appropriate funding for a military with no definitive plans. Defense Department comptroller David Norquist also testified.

Defense Secretary James Mattis and General Joseph Dunford, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on… read more