Rebuilding the Military Comes With a Price Tag. But the Price of Waiting Is Higher.

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Rebuilding the Military Comes With a Price Tag. But the Price of Waiting Is Higher.
December 13, 2017 / comments

Commentary By
 Frederico Bartels



Frederico Bartels is a policy analyst for defense budgeting at The Heritage Foundation's Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that it will cost an additional $295 billion over the next four years to execute President Donald Trump’s plans to rebuild the military.

Its calculation was done by comparing the current Budget Control Act defense caps with the Trump budget outline. Those budget caps, established in 2011, limit how much Congress may appropriate for defense and nondefense discretionary spending through 2021, regardless of need or strategy.

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