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Home / Basing and force posture / Trump seeks record military budget, but the search is on for spending cuts, too
Basing and force posture, Middle East, Military analysis

April 17, 2025

Trump seeks record military budget, but the search is on for spending cuts, too

“Like most people coming from a restraint camp, we would like to have no U.S. forces in the Middle East,” said Jennifer Kavanagh, director of military analysis at Defense Priorities think tank. In Europe, the administration has been arguing for the United States to play “a much smaller role” in the continent’s defense, she added.

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