Second Line of Defense:
The newly enacted FY2018 Omnibus Appropriations Bill provides urgently needed funding for U.S. defense priorities.
The spending package signed by President Trump supports fighting terrorism, rebuilding the U.S. Navy, developing next-generation capabilities to manage emerging challenges, and protecting Americans from immediate threats. North Korea’s emerging nuclear missile capabilities are the most serious of these menaces.
We can hope that sanctions or summitry will quickly resolve this crisis, but experience strongly indicates otherwise—Pyongyang’s provocation pauses rarely last. We will always need to look to our defenses against North Korean missiles.
