Analyst: Trump plan could propel Pentagon base budget to more than $630B a year

By Jason Sherman / November 10, 2016 at 5:44 PM
President-elect Donald Trump's campaign promise to increase the size of the U.S. military could require more than $100 billion annually above current statutory limits -- and, if adopted, propel the Pentagon's base budget to more than $630 billion, according to a defense expert. Mark Cancian -- a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and former chief of the Office of Management and Budget's force structure and investment division, said the defense plan Trump outlined before winning...

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