Hegseth set to meet lawmakers on Pentagon’s $1.5 trillion budget ask

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is acceptable to caput to Capitol Hill adjacent week to conscionable with apical House and Senate lawmakers and hash retired the Pentagon’s projected $1.5 trillion budget. Hegseth volition conscionable Monday with the alleged “big eight,” the apical Republicans and Democrats connected the Armed Services and Defense Appropriations committees, Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) told the Hill…