Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MS NOW political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past."
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Despite White House claims, our ‘military superiority’ is clear
From the White House's perspective, if we fail to increase defense spending, we won't be "a military power." That's bonkers.