Pentagon senior officials held a closed-door briefing Tuesday to push
"Reconciliation 4.0" to Senate Republicans, urging a substantial increase in
defense funding. They said needs go beyond replenishing weapons expanded in the
Iran and Ukraine conflicts and stressed urgent investment in artificial
intelligence. Officials presented a global-threat analysis and candid,
committee-level detail on US munitions stocks tied to the Iran conflict. Sources
said Democrats were excluded from recent Iran briefings.
