Defense Finance and Contracts
Want to make the Pentagon a better, more effective place? Force it to think.
Secretary Jim Mattis is defending America without a full team of senior staff.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Prioritizing defense spending over social uplift marks a step toward "spiritual death" in America.
Weakening the agency reduces U.S. influence on the direction of global affairs and Washington's ability to promote human rights.
Team Trump says the home meal-delivery program doesn't work. Studies suggest otherwise.
The budget lays out the president's priorities but isn't likely to pass.
