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Highlights of the Fiscal Year 2007 Pentagon Spending Request

February 6, 2006

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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 Iraq and Afghanistan.

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 Iraq and Afghanistan operations during the first part of FY07. Congress has already approved over $300 billion in supplemental funding for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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 Iraq and Afghanistan operations during the                                                                                                  first part of FY07

$300        billion in supplemental funding for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan already        

                                                          Approved

               Department of Energy (now with substantial defense budgeting) not included