Pentagon budget request boosted to $750 billion

(Politico) President Donald Trump has told Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to submit a $750 billion budget proposal for fiscal 2020 in a reversal from his pledge to trim defense spending two people familiar with the budget negotiations have told POLITICO. The $750 billion figure emerged from a meeting Tuesday at the White House among Trump Mattis and the Republican chairmen of the House and Senate Armed Services committees both people said. Read More