I should be reachable much of the day. (How to contact me)

Other than a morning car maintenance appointment and lunch with a congressional staffer, I’m in the office all day. Today is when we expect to see the first details of the Trump administration’s 2018 budget request, and we’ll be crunching those numbers as quickly as possible to produce a memo explaining the extent of the potential damage.

I’ll be looking at:

• The overall budget;
• The State Department and Foreign Operations budget (I expect at least the executive summary to come out today); and
• The Homeland Security budget for the border security request.