Moderate Dems Want Defense Spending Scrutiny

By Michael Bruno

Moderate Democrats on Capitol Hill are increasingly eyeing the Pentagon’s budget for spending reductions or savings starting next year, in a move that further splinters support for such major weapons acquisitions as airlifters.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), in a widely promoted speech June 28 to the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, said defense ...

---