With the Trump administration asking Congress for a staggering increase in military spending, you might expect Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to have a clear vision for how all that extra taxpayer money will be used.
That does not seem to be the case. At this week's appropriations hearings in the House and Senate, Hegseth and other top Pentagon officials offered few concrete answers for why the Pentagon needs $1.5 trillion next year or what huge new threats would justify that spending.
