Defense Budget stories:
Obama Signs $680 Billion Defense Bill
Oct 28th, 2009 - VOA News
U.S. President Barack Obama has signed into law a $680 billion defense bill, which he says will save tens of billions of dollars by cutting wasteful projects. The president says he is changing the business-as-usual atmosphere in Washington.Obama to sign defense bill this week
Oct 26th, 2009 - Reuters
JACKSONVILLE (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday he will sign the defense authorization bill this week.
"To make sure you can meet the missions we ask of you...Japan-U.S. missile defense faces budget limits
Oct 21st, 2009 - Reuters
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo may not have the money to complete its joint missile defense plans with the United States, aimed at protecting it from regional threats such as North Korea...
Iraq Cabinet Approves Draft 2010 Budget
Oct 14th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
BAGHDAD -- Iraq's cabinet has signed off on a $67 billion draft budget for 2010 that is well below what officials have said is needed, raising concerns that the shortfall...
Senate passes Pentagon budget, war funding
Oct 6th, 2009 - MSNBC
WASHINGTON - As President Barack Obama weighs major shifts in strategy in the deteriorating mission in Afghanistan, the Senate on Tuesday passed a bill bringing total U.S...
Defense Budget videos from YouTube:
5:37India's defence expenditure v social spending debate-09Oct07
Mike Mcclure, Al Jazeera's correspondent, reports from the Indian Air Force's air base in Hindon near Delhi on the debate over increased expenditure on defence hardware amid the poverty in which hundreds of millions of its people live ...
6:49DEFENSE BUDGET: Gates Says Military Must Prepare for Layoffs
11.15.07 press conference with Defense Secretary Gates and CJCOS Admiral Mullen
6:52CODEPINK inside defense budget hearing with Pace & Gates.
Wednesday morning, May 9th, Several CODEPINK women got "all pinked up" with anti-war messaging and went into a Senate Appropriations hearing where Secretary of Defense Gates and General Pace were testifying about the 2008 US Military Budget ...
0:19Fox Anchor: Government Slashing The Defense Budget
more at foxnews.com April 10, 2009
Defense Budget from WikiPedia:
A military budget of an entity, most often a nation or a state, is the budget and financial resources dedicated to raising and maintaining armed forces for that entity. Military budgets reflect how much an entity perceives the likelihood of threats against it, or the amount of aggression it wishes to employ.It also provides an idea of how much finances could be provided for the upcoming year.
Generally excluded expenditures are:
- Internal law enforcement
- Disabled veteran rehabilitation
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute estimates that in 2007 military expenditures for the world were $1,339,000,000,000.
The yearly report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute shows that the purchase of military products by NATO member nations during the year 2003 rose 11 percent relative to 2002 (6.5 percent in volume). In some countries, this budget has been increased to the level maintained during the Cold War.
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