Tag: Defense Spending

President Trumpâs lofty vision of big tanks and vintage aircraft moving through the streets of Washington in a show of patriotic force crumbled Friday under the weight of logistics, including a $92 million price tag.

National Security

Trump canceled his military parade without input or cost estimate from the Pentagon

Jamie McIntyre · August 20, 2018 5:27 pm

Military units participate in the inaugural parade from the Capitol to the White House in Washington. A U.S. official says the 2018 Veterans Day military parade ordered up by President Trump would cost about $92 million.

National Security

Here’s how DC calculated the cost of Trump’s parade

Travis J. Tritten · August 17, 2018 2:47 pm

U.S. soldiers march along main Khreshchatyk Street during a military parade to celebrate Independence Day in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Aug. 24, 2017.

National Security

Pentagon announces Trump’s Veterans Day military parade postponed to 2019

Anna Giaritelli · August 17, 2018 12:24 am

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump watch the traditional Bastille Day military parade on the Champs Elysees, in Paris, with French President Emmanuel Macron. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

National Security

Trump’s military parade would cost $92 million: Report

Melissa Quinn · August 16, 2018 4:09 pm

People gather at the site of a deadly Saudi-led coalition airstrike on Thursday, in Saada, Yemen.

Defense bill sets deadline for US support in Yemen war

Travis J. Tritten · August 14, 2018 9:55 pm

Trump takes jab at John McCain on the same day he signed a bill bearing his name

Diana Stancy Correll · August 13, 2018 11:11 pm

President Trump signs the John McCain National Defense Authorization Act for the Fiscal Year 2019, during a signing ceremony on Aug. 13, 2018, in Fort Drum, N.Y.

National Security

Trump signs $717B defense bill with pay increase for troops

Gabby Morrongiello · August 13, 2018 7:42 pm

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, carrying an X-37B experimental robotic space plane, lifts off from launch complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Dec. 11, 2012, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

Beltway Confidential

The real winner of Trump’s Space Force will be big business

Erin Dunne · August 12, 2018 12:00 pm

President Trump signs a document in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.

Trump prepares for Space Force by signing space reforms

Travis J. Tritten · August 11, 2018 4:00 am

Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., talks as a character witness during former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard ethics trial on July 8, 2016, in Opelika, Ala.

National Security

Mike Rogers will introduce Space Force bill in January

Travis J. Tritten · August 9, 2018 10:05 pm

Trump 2020 campaign asks supporters vote on logo for Space Force merch

Naomi Lim · August 9, 2018 8:34 pm

Attendees pass by the ZTE Corp. stand during the opening day of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on Feb. 26, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Trading defense risks for defense dollars: The Senate’s flawed logic on ZTE

Erin Dunne · August 2, 2018 10:54 pm