The Biden administration released its proposed $715-billion defense budget this morning. First up on today’s show, William Hartung, director of the arms and security program at the Center for International Policy, puts the budget in context and discusses the wastefulness of military spending.

Then, Allyson Siwik from the Gila Conservation Coalition talks about their successful campaign to oppose F-16 fighter jet expansion in New Mexico, and Madison activists Vicki Berenson and Lance Green from Safe Skies Clean Water Wisconsin give updates on local efforts to halt the bedding of F-35 fighter jets at Truax Field.

Cover photo: “120th Fighter Squadron – Tiger Stripe F-16” by the United States Air Force