Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee Chair Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday pressed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Trump administration’s tenuous plans to fund key parts of the Pentagon’s $1.5 billion budget request and for alienating U.S. allies amid several major world conflicts. McConnell objected to putting crucial Pentagon programs — such as the Golden Dome…
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McConnell hammers Hegseth over Pentagon funding plan, alienating allies
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Originally reported by The Hill
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