They want to end the 2011 sequestration that caps defense spending. The U.S. military is requesting over $30 billion to improve combat readiness and to stay ahead of "near-peer competitors," says the Associated Press. A panel of four-star officers, one from each branch, testified today before the House Armed Services Committee and claimed that mandatory caps on defense spending are crippling the military's ability to respond to threats across the globe. According to the AP report, Adm. William Moran, the Navy's vice chief of operations, claimed that more than half of all naval aircraft can't...