{"id":29842,"date":"2018-11-30T17:03:19","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T17:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/11\/30\/top-defense-republicans-blast-trumps-700-billion-military-budget-as-dangerous\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:38:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:38:54","slug":"top-defense-republicans-blast-trumps-700-billion-military-budget-as-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2018\/11\/30\/top-defense-republicans-blast-trumps-700-billion-military-budget-as-dangerous\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans blast Trump\u2019s Pentagon budget cuts as \u2018dangerous\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/reagan-defense-forum\/\"><b>Visit Defense News&#8217; Reagan National Defense Forum site for full coverage of the event. <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SIMI VALLEY, Calif. \u2014 The chairmen of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees on Friday implored President Donald Trump to boost defense spending plans in fiscal 2020 over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2018\/10\/17\/trump-appears-to-call-for-defense-spending-cuts\/\" target=\"_blank\">already announced targets<\/a>, arguing the lower funding levels will undermine recent improvements in military readiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/dont-cut-military-spending-mr-president-1543534509\" target=\"_blank\">In a Wall Street Journal editorial<\/a> titled \u201cDon\u2019t cut military spending, Mr. President,\u201d Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Calif., and Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., say that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2018\/10\/26\/its-official-dod-told-to-take-cut-with-fy20-budget\/\" target=\"_blank\">a smaller defense budget<\/a> won\u2019t have a major impact on fixing the national deficit but will have a crippling effect on military equipment purchases and end strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur top priority is the troops,\u201d the pair wrote. \u201cAny cut in the defense budget would be a senseless step backward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The editorial comes just hours before Thornberry and other defense lawmakers are scheduled to speak here at the Reagan National Defense Forum, where the military budget will be a major topic of debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/smr\/defense-news-conference\/2018\/09\/05\/adam-smith-expects-future-defense-budgets-to-dip-below-716-billion\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_156472191220.jpg_5d1497.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Adam Smith expects future defense budgets to dip below $716 billion<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Tightened fiscal belts could be on the horizon.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In October, Trump announced he would require all federal agencies to submit budget proposals for fiscal 2020 at a level 5 percent lower than this year, in an effort to shrink government spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He later said the Defense Department would be spared from that precise requirement but would aim for a funding level of $700 billion next year, well below the $733 billion mark defense planners had been anticipating. Since then, Inhofe and others have begun lobbying the White House to aim for the higher figure instead of his announced proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friday\u2019s editorial is the most public step in that effort so far. The pair call the $700 billion level \u201cdangerous\u201d and say military leaders will likely need to slash recruitment and training priorities in order to meet that goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe cannot and should not balance the budget on the backs of America\u2019s troops,\u201d they wrote. \u201cThis is the time to follow through on the progress of the past two years and give our troops the sustained, predictable funding they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2018\/11\/28\/inhofe-sets-collision-course-with-dems-on-defense-budget-nukes-and-transgender-troops\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-996393522.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Inhofe sets collision course with Dems on defense budget, nukes and transgender troops<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe lays out his priorities for the next Congress \u2014 but accomplishing them won&#039;t be so simple.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inhofe is in line to retain his chairmanship spot next year, but Thornberry will shift to ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee as Democrats take the majority in that chamber starting in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Current committee ranking member Rep. 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