WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Mitch McConnell issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, wrote the following op-ed (https://www.wsj.com/opinion/mitch-mcconnell-peace-through-strength-is-worth-paying-for-9fbeb882?mod=opinion_lead_pos5) on FY26 Defense Appropriations that appears in today's print edition of The Wall Street Journal.
What time is it in America? "This is a 1939 moment. Or, hopefully, a 1981 moment. A moment of mounting urgency," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently said. He is right about the gathering threats to America's national security. But the lesson of 1939 is that fighting war is far costlier than deterring it. Defeating the Ax...