{"id":33300,"date":"2019-05-20T14:41:15","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T14:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/05\/20\/defense-budget-playoff-season-podcast\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:47:12","slug":"defense-budget-playoff-season-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/podcasts\/defense-nerds\/2019\/05\/20\/defense-budget-playoff-season-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense budget playoff season: PODCAST"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWho is the defense industrial complex pissing off this week?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On this episode of the Defense Nerds podcast, Military Times Deputy Editor Leo Shane and Defense News Capitol Hill Bureau Chief Joe Gould talk about the recently released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/05\/14\/democrats-budget-plan-includes-a-31-percent-pay-raise-for-troops\/\" target=_blank>House Appropriations plan for the defense budget<\/a>, and this upcoming week\u2019s work by the Senate Armed Services Committee on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/05\/20\/this-week-in-congress-ndaa-and-defense-appropriations-together-again\/\" target=_blank>annual defense authorization bill.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two also look at Sen. 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