.Heritage's KevinRobertsTX rightly puts defense spending pressure on Congress but overemphasizes technology
Amid a ballooning national debt, Roberts says that"in my conversations with members of Congress in recent weeks, conservatives repeatedly mentioned their willingness to tackle the thorny challenge of military spending reforms." He adds that Heritage will soon"convene top experts in national security and defense to scrutinize the Pentagon’s budget, line by line."Roberts also offers specific areas for savings.
He calls for Republicans to support a renewed base realignment effort to close military bases that are no longer needed. Seeking to keep the Pentagon gravy train running in their districts, many Republicans failed this test last time around. Roberts also notes that Congress continues to spend vast sums on equipment such as the Chinook helicopter that the military doesn't want or need.
I'd offer another example in the form of the most recent Defense Act's saving of the Littoral Combat Ship. In the event of war with China, these vessels would be useful only as a very expensive graveyard for American sailors. Republicans like Rep. John Rutherford and Rep. Rob Wittman Equally important, Roberts rightly notes that the defense industrial base
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