Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks left no room for misinterpretation about why President Biden’s proposed defense budget increases former President Trump’s already egregious Pentagon topline by more than $12 billion. “The department in this budget takes a clear-eyed approach to Beijing and provides the investments to prioritize China as our pacing challenge,” she said. Indeed, it seems the Biden administration has done little more than copy and paste Trump’s defense budget… – The Hill