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The Pentagon vehemently denies that the White House exerted any political pressure throughout the process for awarding the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract, which ultimately went to Microsoft. (Associated Press/File)

Adam Smith, House defense panel chief, backs Space Force, doubts Air Force oversight

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan listens during a proclamation signing with President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington, Monday, March 25, 2019. Top defense leaders will face worried lawmakers on Capitol Hill for the first time since the Pentagon listed military construction projects that could lose funding this year to pay for President Donald Trump’s border wall. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Shanahan defends wall funding in face of Democratic complaints

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Rep. Adam Smith, Washington state Democrat and chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, is shown in this file photo from April 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Rep. Adam Smith denies $1 billion defense funding for border wall

By Stephen Dinan and Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

Rep. Adam Smith, Washington state Democrat and chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, is shown in this file photo from April 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Adam Smith, key House Democrat, vows to kill Trump’s planned low-yield nuke

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Defense committee chairman: Trump stealing funds from military needs

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Rep. Adam Smith, Washington state Democrat and chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, is shown in this file photo from April 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Adam Smith fears Trump to use State of Union to appease base

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters asking about the threat of another government shutdown following their weekly strategy meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Democrats’ challenges to Trump foreign policy find Senate Republicans support

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Military members have placed razor wire along the U.S.-Mexico border, but the Pentagon says it has legal authority to build border fencing if it is deemed part of a counterdrug operation or part of a national emergency. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump: ‘National emergency’ lets military build border wall

By Stephen Dinan and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 10, 2013, file photo, Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump put U.S. in ‘riskier position’ by rushing to replace Mattis, incoming House chair says

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 10, 2013, file photo, Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Adam Smith, rising Democratic defense panel chairman, hits Donald Trump’s border moves

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Progressive newcomer takes on fellow Democrat in Washington

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

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Adam Smith’s common-sense insights as to the way the world works are correct now

By Richard W. Rahn

Former Atlanta city official gets 2 years in bribery probe

By KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press

Opioid, public safety, health, compassion, common good

By Michael Clark

Atlanta ex-procurement chief pleads guilty in bribery probe

Associated Press

FILE - In this April 15, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. Two House Democrats want to compel the Air Force to detail how much has been spent on trips that President Donald Trump has made to his Florida estate and other properties that he and his family own. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Panel rejects attempt by Democrats to get Trump travel costs

By RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the U.S. Army, Lt. Gen. Dana Chipman. Democrats on the House Benghazi panel are insisting that the military did what it could in response to the deadly twin attacks on Sept. 11, 2012, in Libya despite lingering questions about whether U.S. forces could have gotten to there in time to save lives. (U.S. Army via AP)

Trey Gowdy, Benghazi chairman, ignores statement by GOP lawyer, Democrats say

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

President Barack Obama walks with Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr., his nominee to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 5, 2015. Obama chose the widely respected, combat-hardened commander who led the Afghanistan war coalition during a key transitional period during 2013-2014 to succeed Army Gen. Martin Dempsey. Walking behind them is Vice President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Defense bill amendment targets Obama micromanagement, gives Pentagon leverage

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

GOP defense budget challenges Obama on Ukraine, Guantanamo

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press