The Trump administration needs to help Congress pass a defense appropriations bill “that makes the historic investments needed to restore peace through strength,” according to Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
In a Wall Street Journal opinion column Tuesday, McConnell argued that the U.S. faces a dangerous convergence of global threats — what War Secretary Pete Hegseth has called a “1939 moment,” or hopefully a “1981 moment” akin to former President Ronald Reagan’s buildup.
McConnell backed Hegseth’s warning but stressed the real lesson of 1939 is that war is far more expensive than deterrence.
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