Over the course of the next year, we are likely to see a new approach to the U.S. national security decision-making apparatus. While the Obama Administration often relied on an inner circle of key advisors to inform defense policy, President-Elect Trump has sketched out a cabinet that is heavy on military brass. It also remains to be seen how President Trump will work with the new, Republicancontrolled Congress to make good on his campaign promises to increase federal defense spending and grow the size of U.S. Armed Forces, and how President Trump’s trade policies may impact the competitive edge of the U.S. defense industrial base in foreign military sales (FMS).
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While it may not be a comprehensive listing of all of President Trump’s national security priorities, according to a December memo sent from the Trump Transition Team to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), President Trump’s leading defense priorities include...
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