Timmy
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- Oct 2, 2015
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Really. What can they expect to do with a measly $534 billion budget ? If you watch the debate a you'd think we spent nothing on the military .
President seeks $534 billion in 2016 Defense Department budget
President Obama has proposed the nation's highest base defense budget in history for fiscal 2016.
The $534 billion base Department of Defense spending plan is a response to sharp budget cuts in the past several years, Pentagon officials said, and is meant to help the force rebound by readiness hits caused by sequestration.
In all, Obama is asking for $585 billion for the military. That includes nearly $51 billion in war funding.
The total defense budget released Monday is the highest since 2012 but still more than $100 billion below the military budget during the peak of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The war funding is the lowest since 2002, according to the Pentagon.
The base budget, which covers military costs outside the war in Afghanistan and operations in Iraq, West Africa and other foreign nations, is a 7.7 percent increase over last year.
President seeks $534 billion in 2016 Defense Department budget
President Obama has proposed the nation's highest base defense budget in history for fiscal 2016.
The $534 billion base Department of Defense spending plan is a response to sharp budget cuts in the past several years, Pentagon officials said, and is meant to help the force rebound by readiness hits caused by sequestration.
In all, Obama is asking for $585 billion for the military. That includes nearly $51 billion in war funding.
The total defense budget released Monday is the highest since 2012 but still more than $100 billion below the military budget during the peak of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The war funding is the lowest since 2002, according to the Pentagon.
The base budget, which covers military costs outside the war in Afghanistan and operations in Iraq, West Africa and other foreign nations, is a 7.7 percent increase over last year.