Hunter’s Tack or Let the Truth Be 
Told: Hunter told Zakheim, “The real essence of what you were saying is, we need to increase the defense budget by a good $10 to $15 to $20 billion in real terms.” That is the approximate amount of the new personnel costs. He went on: “People costs, and particularly the medical costs, are here to stay” if the military is to sustain its high caliber force, considering there is continuing competition with the private sector. The alternatives, Hunter said, are to “keep modernization at 60 percent of what it should be or you increase the budget.”
Watchdog Says Military Can Make Cyber Ops More Efficient
Sept. 17, 2025
The Government Accountability Office called for paring down the military's sprawling cyber enterprise in a recent report, amid renewed discussion about standing up a separate cyber force.
