The Pentagon Must Carry Its Weight

By Lawrence J. Korb, Alex Rothman, and Max Hoffman | April 11, 2013 | http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/budget/news/2013/04/11/60269/the-pentagon-must-carry-its-weight/

In its latest budget proposal to Congress, the Obama administration has requested $526.6 billion in baseline funding for the Department of Defense, a $1 billion increase from the administration’s defense budget request last year. In accordance with the long-term budget plan it announced last year, the Obama administration’s FY 2014 defense budget request holds the baseline defense budget steady at historic highs after a decade of tremendous growth.