“FEDSPEND” “ Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business contracts hit $28.6B in FY2025. Here’s the agency-by-agency, NAICS-by-NAICS breakdown — and why 35% of those dollars went sole-source. “ _________________________________________________________________________________ “ $28.6 Billion. The Veteran Advantage Is Real — If You Know Where to Look. The federal government’s SDVOSB (Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business) program is the second-largest set-aside catego

“THE HILL” By Bill Rivers “ Are we as a people — all 330 million or so of us, with all our divergent opinions, economic needs and aspirations, and beliefs about America’s role in the world — willing to resource the military arm of a fight commensurate with our political objectives? If we are not, then the political objectives must be scaled back. This requires something more than just appetite-control; it requires statesmanship — both in dealings in foreign capitals and in co