America’s defenses will not be able to keep up with its peer adversaries if the Pentagon continues to take years to innovate its weapons systems, experts agreed at a security summit last week.

And be the most transparent Pentagon that folks have seen in a long time, which is why I explain these things on a regular basis.

The CR, unlike a regular Defense appropriations bill ... proposals would be combined and reconciled to stipulate how the Pentagon should spend the funds. But not under a CR.