‘Tremendous Uncertainty’ Surrounds the Defense Budget
8/14/2017
By Jon Harper
With just a few weeks remaining until the beginning of fiscal year 2018, topline spending on national defense is still up in the air.
President Donald Trump has proposed a $603 billion base defense budget for 2018, with another $65 billion for overseas contingency operations. The Budget Control Act would limit base defense spending to $549 billion in 2018. Trump’s proposal would exceed the budget caps by $54 billion.
Lawmakers have proposed even higher funding levels.
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