The Senate and House Armed Forces Committees are in a competition to see which house of Congress can add more money to our bloated defense spending.  The Senate took the lead two weeks ago, when it provided an additional $45 billion to defense spending, blowing past the targets set by both the White House and the Department of Defense.  The mainstream media has paid virtually no attention to this irresponsible dueling with scarce American dollars. More

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