… right now, if you look at the overall Biden budget, It's about a 10% increase roughly. But it's very focused on domestic spending. The domestic budget goes up about 18%. The defense budget about 1.7, which inflation adjusted, is actually a modest cut. On the defense side, we've had several years where we've had a succession of, I think, really fine secretaries of defense, Secretary Mattis in particular, who reoriented our thinking toward great power rivalry, and Secretary Esper. (46:26–46:32)
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Asserts that the defense budget increase of 1.7% is effectively a cut when adjusted for inflation.
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