Experts: Trump's defense boost won't pay for promised military build up
By Jacqueline Klimas (@jacqklimas) • 3/15/17 11:34 AM
President Trump's proposed $54 billion boost in defense spending isn't nearly enough to pay for the military build up he promised during the campaign, analysts said on Wednesday.
Leading up to the election, Trump promised that he would build up the Navy to 350 ships, and grow the size of both the active-duty Army and Marine Corps. Michael O'Hanlon, an analyst with the Brookings Institution, said taken together, the plans amounted to a 10 to 15 percent increase in force structure.
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