Inhofe ‘urging’ Trump to boost defense, sees ‘no strategic rationale’ for cuts
By: Joe Gould  
After trading barbs in interviews this week, Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., says he and Sen. Jim Inhofe, the chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, can work together once he steps into his role as House Armed Services chairman, despite their differences.
WASHINGTON — Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe said he used a recent two-hour White House meeting with President Donald Trump, Vice Mike President Pence and national security adviser John Bolton to urge the administration to reverse course on a planned cut to the fiscal year 2020 national defense budget.
“I’m urging the president to consider†approving a “strategy-driven budget,†he said Thursday in a speech at the National Defense University focused on his priorities for the committee. "There’s no strategic rationale for any cut†to the defense budget, which stood at $716 billion for 2019, he said.
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