Adam Smith

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)

National Security

Fake Army buildup: Adam Smith cries foul over White House troop-level claims

Travis J. Tritten · May 30, 2017 7:16 pm

Retaliation Nation

Irwin M. Stelzer · May 19, 2017 6:15 am

Rep. Adam Smith, of Washington, said in a statement that Trump must lead the world in condemning the attack on Emmanuel Macron's campaign. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

National Security

High-ranking Democrat Adam Smith calls on Trump to condemn hacking of French candidate

Kyle Feldscher · May 6, 2017 9:34 pm

Gen. Mark Milley, who testified along with the three other service chiefs before the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, said the lack of a standard budget for fiscal 2017 would grind most Army training to a halt in July. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Army chief: Stop-gap budget will lead to ‘dead Americans on the future battlefield’

Travis J. Tritten · April 5, 2017 3:01 pm

The free market must be protected, not from competition but from rule breakers who mock capitalism's principles. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s ‘Art of the Deal’: a free-market framework

Daniel Schneider · March 29, 2017 5:00 am

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep, Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, pointed to the pieces of the triad that are nearing the end of their service life. Minuteman III missiles were first fielded in 1970, the B-52 and B-2 bombers first deployed in the '50s and '80s respectively, and ballistic missile submarines first entered service in 1981, he said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Military: Aging nuclear triad ‘will not remain viable forever’

Jacqueline Klimas · March 8, 2017 5:06 pm

What Did Adam Smith Really Believe?

Stephen Miller · February 13, 2017 5:21 pm

Two House Democrats are calling for House Speaker Paul Ryan to extend an invitation to Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to address a joint session of Congress. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

National Security

Democrats call for Australian prime minister to address Congress

Al Weaver · February 11, 2017 8:00 pm

Invisible Handler

Stephen Miller · February 10, 2017 7:10 am

Rep. Adam Smith called Trump's civilian hiring freeze and pledge to rebuild the military a "bait-and-switch." (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

National Security

Top Democrat says Trump’s hiring freeze hurts military maintenance, cyber

Jacqueline Klimas · January 31, 2017 6:09 pm

The last round of base closures in 2005 did not yield savings as fast as some hoped. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

National Security

Top HASC Democrat introduces bill to allow base closures

Jacqueline Klimas · January 26, 2017 7:27 pm

Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., and ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, said the committee should have held out and refused to vote on the waiver until Trump's team let Mattis speak at the committee. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

National Security

House committee passes Mattis waiver on party line vote

Jacqueline Klimas · January 12, 2017 8:47 pm