Democrats Who Joined Republicans to Increase Military Budget Have Strong Defense Ties
The lawmakers crossed party lines to add $24 billion to Biden’s fiscal year 2022 defense budget.
Sara Sirota
Sara Sirota is a former Politics Reporter at The Intercept. She was previously an Air Force reporter at Inside Defense. She has a master’s in security studies from Georgetown University and bachelor’s in political science from Colgate University. She hails from New York and is now based in Washington, D.C.
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