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Military services detail plans for $30 billion budget boost
« on: February 07, 2017, 11:06:06 am »
Military services detail plans for $30 billion budget boost

By RICHARD LARDNER
Associated Press

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Military services detail plans for $30 billion budget boost
 

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Buoyed by President Donald Trump's pledge to rebuild the U.S. armed forces, senior Pentagon officials have delivered to Congress plans for increasing the defense budget by more than $30 billion to acquire new jet fighters, armored vehicles, improved training and more.

The informal proposals, obtained by The Associated Press, represent the first attempt by Trump's Defense Department to halt an erosion of the military's readiness for combat. The shortfalls outlined in the documents may provide Trump and the Republican-led Congress with a powerful incentive to strike the strict limits on military spending mandated by a 2011 budget control law.

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