defense budget
How America's New Invisible Flying Gas Stations Could Keep Russia in Check
By discussing previously classified programs, the Pentagon is letting Russia and China know that the US will continue to hold its own in air combat.
Obama Vetoes Defense Budget — Now It's Time for a Showdown with Congress
Obama has vetoed the defense budget over Congress's use of emergency war funding to pay for non-emergency stuff, including a program designed to reassure NATO allies.
There's a Fight Brewing Over the Pentagon's 'Slush Fund'
The standoff between Obama and Congress over the defense budget centers on emergency wartime funding that allows for some creative accounting.
Obama Has 38 Billion Reasons to Veto the Senate’s Defense Spending Bill
The US defense budget has passed the House and is up for a vote in the Senate, but the president has said he’ll veto it because of the unorthodox way it would fund the Pentagon.
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