US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pushes for a $1.5 trillion military budget at an event to rename Joint Base Charleston after Sen. Lindsey Graham.

The U.S. Air Force is renaming Joint Base Charleston in honor of the late South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pushed Congress to approve a sharp increase in the Pentagon’s budget during a ceremony on Monday to rename a base for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham.