WMAL Interview - JAMES CARAFANO - 02.28.17

INTERVIEW – JAMES “JIM” CARAFANO – Vice President for the Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation

Pentagon sends ISIS options to White House.  (CNN) The Pentagon has sent President Donald Trump what it calls a “preliminary framework” for options to ramp up the US battle against ISIS, in a plan he requested in order to make good on his campaign vow to crush the extremist group. Trump called for the new blueprint to defeat ISIS in Syria and Iraq a month ago, and the document details possible military, diplomatic and financial measures to increase US engagement in the campaign, a US official said.
Trump budget seeks to give Pentagon $54 billion extra.  President Donald Trump will seek to boost Pentagon spending by $54 billion in his first budget proposal and cut the same amount from non-defense spending, including a large reduction in foreign aid, a White House budget official said on Monday.