Travis J. Tritten

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President Trump's reported call to make healthcare reform efforts more generous could alienate some of the conservatives he would need to get a bill through the Senate after narrowly succeeding in the House. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

National Security

Military would get another pay raise under Trump defense budget

Travis J. Tritten · May 23, 2017 8:25 pm

Trump has promised a dramatically larger Army of 540,000 soldiers, yet DoD has proposed a larger $574.5 billion base budget for the coming year that would instead spend increases on training, maintenance and efforts to shore up the existing military's ability to fight wars. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Adeline Witherspoon, 20th Public Affairs Detachment)

No Army troop increase in Trump budget while other services see gains

Travis J. Tritten · May 23, 2017 8:08 pm

John Roth, the acting Defense Department comptroller, said the department has seen signals from Congress that it might be more willing now to allow the shuttering of unused military facilities under the base realignment and closure process. (Department of Defense photo)

Trump pushes for new round of military base closures

Travis J. Tritten · May 23, 2017 7:30 pm

The Defense Department unveiled a proposed $574 billion base budget and a $65 billion war fund on Tuesday. It calls for purchasing 70 Lockheed Martin F-35 fighters. (U.S. Air Force photo/R. Nial Bradshaw)

Pentagon unveils budget it calls next step in rebuilding military

Travis J. Tritten · May 23, 2017 4:00 pm

The Republican Kentucky senator could file a motion on the vote either Tuesday or Wednesday. (AP)

National Security

Rand Paul to press for Senate vote on Saudi arms deal

Travis J. Tritten · May 23, 2017 4:00 pm

What exactly is an illegal nuclear attack order?

Daily on Defense

Trump’s new name for terrorists

Jamie McIntyre, Travis J. Tritten · May 23, 2017 11:01 am

An American and a Polish soldier chat during an official welcome ceremony of the US troops convoy in Zagan, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. U.S. soldiers arrived in Poland in January and fanned out to sites across Eastern Europe, where concerns run highest over Russia's claims on Crimea and its assistance to rebels fighting the Ukraine government. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

House looks at increasing permanent military presence in Europe

Travis J. Tritten · May 22, 2017 6:50 pm

National Security

Trump’s weapons deal with Saudi Arabia includes $24 billion in goods approved by Obama

Travis J. Tritten · May 22, 2017 6:04 pm

Rep. Mac Thornberry said, President Trump's defense budget proposal for 2018 essentially follows Obama administration plans and adds only slightly more funding. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

National Security

Mac Thornberry: Trump defense budget follows ‘Obama approach’

Travis J. Tritten · May 22, 2017 5:54 pm

What exactly is an illegal nuclear attack order?

Daily on Defense

Big week ahead: Budget rollout, Trump’s NATO meeting

Jamie McIntyre, Travis J. Tritten · May 22, 2017 10:56 am

Military leaders have issued a series of grim warnings that the military has been stretched too thin and underfunded for years. Without more money and resources, they say, the U.S. could be unready to fight a war and troops could unnecessarily die on the battlefield. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Trump’s ‘historic’ military buildup vision has a money problem

Travis J. Tritten · May 22, 2017 4:01 am

Dunford was originally appointed by President Barack Obama and served in the position since 2015. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump wants two top Obama military appointees to remain on Joint Chiefs

Travis J. Tritten · May 19, 2017 9:20 pm