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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, left, speaks, accompanied by Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Paul J. Selva, during a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Jim Mattis rips into lawmakers over failed budgets, backs House bill ahead of vote

Travis J. Tritten · February 6, 2018 4:42 pm

A House Democrat argues that the State of the Union address has become an exercise in unfulfilled promises. (Jim Bourg/Pool via AP)

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Adam Smith wants to ban the State of the Union address due to ‘impossible to deliver’ promises

Jamie McIntyre · February 6, 2018 3:56 pm

Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., said a move by the administration to expand the nuclear arsenal would feed an international arms race, increase the possibility of nuclear war, and add unknown cost to the "completely unrealistic" $1.2 trillion price tag for modernizing existing weapons. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

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Adam Smith: Trump’s nuclear strategy should not be based on a ‘bigger and more powerful’ button

Travis J. Tritten · January 24, 2018 3:54 pm

"I cannot tell you there will not be another CR, because there will be another CR next week," said House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., at the Reagan National Defense Forum. "But this is the difference: It will be a two-week CR, so we can stop having CRs in the future." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy: Pentagon set for two-week stopgap budget

Travis J. Tritten · December 2, 2017 8:32 pm

"What I often offer to foreign leaders and so forth is certainly you have to read [President Trump's] tweets but don't get mesmerized by the tweets," former CIA Director David Petraeus said. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Tweets and isolationist talk belie Trump’s first year of national security policy, experts say

Travis J. Tritten · December 2, 2017 8:03 pm

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk in front of an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter as they arrive to deliver remarks to military personnel at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Sept. 15. The F-35 is a plane the President has criticized in the past. (Ron Sachs/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images)

Size of the Army and F-35 purchases top NDAA negotiations

Travis J. Tritten · October 9, 2017 4:01 am

The White House gets the additional troops in its proclaimed buildup by calculating the difference between those projections of a shrinking future force by Obama to its plans for the size of the military. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

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Adam Smith on Afghanistan strategy: ‘This is not a plan’

Travis J. Tritten · August 22, 2017 7:43 pm

Top Armed Services Committee Democrat Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., said "This announcement is an unwarranted and disgraceful attack on men and women who have been bravely serving their country." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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House Armed Services Democrats: ‘We will fight’ Trump transgender ban

Travis J. Tritten · July 26, 2017 3:06 pm

The Defense Department has estimated it could save $2 billion annually by closing properties it no longer uses or needs, and use the money on warfighting capabilities. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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White House clashes with House over closing unneeded military bases

Travis J. Tritten · July 12, 2017 8:27 pm

Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., warned Thursday that the country should be "seriously concerned" about what President Trump may say or do during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

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Rep. Adam Smith: ‘Be seriously concerned’ about Trump-Putin meeting

Anna Giaritelli · July 6, 2017 12:57 pm

Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., warned Thursday that the country should be "seriously concerned" about what President Trump may say or do during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Adam Smith wants Pentagon to create strategy for handling Russian aggression

Anna Giaritelli · June 22, 2017 2:14 pm

"This tragic event is a reminder of the way our country's finest are putting themselves at risk all over the world every day in defense of the United States," the Washington Democratic congressman said in a statement. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Adam Smith wants to ‘better understand’ how accidents can be prevented after USS Fitzgerald collision

Alex Pappas · June 18, 2017 7:23 pm