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Kate Blakeley, an analyst at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Studies, states in a Jan. 24 report that "reaching anything near that level of spending would require broad political consensus" that has been lacking in Congress for years and points out that the "average relief" provided by lawmakers since the BCA began is only $18 billion.
The battle lines over defense spending in the Trump Administration are already being drawn. Senator McCain has staked out a broad vision of restored readiness, targeted investments in advanced capabilities, and thoughtful growth in military capacity. In this budget brief, CSBA Research Fellow Katherine Blakeley lays out the details of Senator McCain’s proposed defense investments with accompanying interactive visualizations.
