Rachel Hoff

Rachel Hoff serves as Policy Director at the Ronald Reagan Institute, the Washington DC office of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation. Before joining the Institute, she was Speechwriter and Policy Advisor for John McCain at the Senate Armed Services Committee. Rachel has conducted research and outreach for a number of think tanks in Washington, including the American Enterprise Institute, the American Action Forum, and the Foreign Policy Initiative, an organization she helped found in 2009. She also worked as a Legislative Assistant for Congressman Mac Thornberry.

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

The Largest Defense Budget in U.S. History Won’t Fix the Problem — The Pentagon Spends 99% on the Same Contractors Building the Same Old Weapons

$1.5 Trillion Is the Largest Defense Budget in History — It Doesn’t Matter If 99% Goes to Legacy Systems and Less Than 1% Goes...

Rachel HoffApril 6, 2026

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Rachel Hoff

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

The Largest Defense Budget in U.S. History Won’t Fix the Problem — The Pentagon Spends 99% on the Same Contractors Building the Same Old Weapons

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