Two of the biggest military issues President Joe Biden faces are the war in Ukraine and how the new Republican-led House will approach defense spending moving forward.
in defense spending, and he recently disputed the calculations that the proposal would result in a $75 billion cut. He reportedly agreed to cap spending at 2022 levels, which would effectively cut that amount from the $857 billion defense budget the Pentagon had in fiscal 2023.
“If we go back to ’22 levels, that was what we were spending just two or three weeks ago. That’s not cutting defense by $75 billion,” McCarthy said on Fox News on Sunday, Jan. 15. “Does defense getting more than $800 billion, are there areas that I think they could be more efficient in? Yeah. Eliminate all the money spent on ‘wokeism.’ Eliminate all the money that they’re trying to find different fuels and they’re worried about the environment to go through.
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