Pentagon budget 2007 request More at…
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Top Line Funding The Bush Administration is requesting
$439.3 billion for the Department of Defense in Fiscal Year 2007, which begins
on October 1, 2006. This is $28.5 billion more than
the current level of $410.7 billion, an increase of 7 percent.
This figure does not include funding for the nuclear weapons activities
of the Department of Energy, which is considered part of total Defense
Department spending. Nor does this figure include the
costs of ongoing military operations in
The Office of Management and Budget estimates that total annual funding for the Defense Department alone will grow to $502.1 billion by Fiscal Year 2011. Total Pentagon spending, not including funding for the Department of Energy or for actual combat operations for the period FY07 through FY11 will exceed $2 trillion. Meanwhile, in January the Congressional Budget Office estimated that the deficit for FY06 will be $360 billion.
Funding for Contingency Operations (Supplemental Appropriations)
In addition to its annual budget request, the Pentagon also announced that it
will shortly request which is in
addition to $50 billion in FY06 supplemental funding approved by Congress as
part of their regular 2006 budget work. In addition,
the request includes plans to seek a $50 billion bridge fund request to cover
439.3 Billion Department of Defense (DOD) 2007 request
$70 billion in
supplemental funding for combat operations for Fiscal Year 2006,
$50 “ bridge fund request to cover
$300 billion in supplemental funding for
operations in
Approved
Department of Energy (now with
substantial defense budgeting) not included