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Military leaders have made it crystal clear for months that they want Congress to lift a Budget Control Act spending cap for defense and pass a 2018 budget that allows the services to start new programs, buy spare parts and contract for fighter jets and other hardware. (iStock photo)
National Security

Pentagon headed for another stopgap budget in December

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The spending would overstep legal limits set on defense spending for the coming year by more than $80 billion. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
National Security

Senate sends $700 billion budget cap-busting defense bill to Trump

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Lockheed Martin is the nation's largest defense contractor and is the prime defense contractor for the multinational F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
National Security

John McCain and Elizabeth Warren grill Pentagon nominee over future role in Lockheed Martin business

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On Wednesday, members from the House and the Senate struck an agreement on a bill that proposes a major hike in defense spending and a raft of Pentagon reforms. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Foreign Policy

Here’s a look at what did (and didn’t) make it into the $700 billion defense policy bill

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The Heritage Foundation is considering David Trulio as one of four candidates to helm the think tank. If Trulio enters Heritage's sprawling campus on 214 Massachusetts Ave., that's good news for the defense industry. (AP Andrew Harnik)
Beltway Confidential

A gift to the defense industry? Heritage Foundation considers war hawk as next president

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The State Department has approved the possible sale of 44 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile launchers to Saudi Arabia, worth up to $15 billion. The sale is part of the $110 billion mega arms deal with Saudi Arabia that President Trump announced during his trip there in May, according to a State Department official. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Foreign Policy

US approves $15 billion sale of THAAD missile launchers to Saudi Arabia

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Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., says he wants to see Iraq and Afghanistan plans before holding hearings. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
National Security

Trump nominated Mark Esper to be Army secretary two months ago. What’s taking so long?

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The future littoral combat ship USS Tulsa prepares to head down the Mobile River at the Austal USA shipyard in Alabama in March. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
National Security

Senate adds second $600 million littoral combat ship to defense bill

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Eric Fanning, who served as Army secretary under former President Barack Obama and was the first openly gay service secretary, has been named president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
National Security

Former Army Secretary Eric Fanning named as new leader of Aerospace Industries Association

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The Air Force has awarded Boeing a $600 million modification to a previous contract to buy two commercial 747 jetliners, and convert them for the Air Force One. The actual work on the aircraft won't begin until sometime next summer, and will require a future contract, and many more millions of dollars. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
National Security

Custom upgrades add $600 million to Air Force One sticker price

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