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A military budget (or military expenditure), also known as a defence budget, is the amount of financial resources dedicated by an entity (most often a nation or a state), to raising and maintaining an armed forces.

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Sounding the alarm on potential cuts in defense spending

Senator Lindsey Graham fears cuts would make U.S. unprepared for new threats

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  1. Pentagon budget cuts could affect aircraft carriers

    Report: Navy at risk of losing up to 2 carriers

  2. Defense Spending Cuts the Right Strategy?

    White House ready to take heat from critics over new military plan

  3. Democrats Balk at Non-Defense Spending Cuts, Float Alternative Proposal to Super Committee

    Democrats suggested Wednesday that too much has already been cut from non-defense spending to come up with $1.2 trillion in cuts over the next 10 years, as sources o...

  4. Super Committee failure triggers automatic defense cuts

    Lawmakers attempt to stop military budget reduction

  5. NATO leaders meet as financial austerity tests solidarity; 'troubled marriage' for alliance?

    The NATO meeting in Chicago is a chance for alliance leaders to proclaim solidarity and promise success. But the two-day gathering that begins Sunday probably won't ...

  6. Defense secretary Panetta blasts defense budget cuts in visit to ship off California coast

    Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told Marines and sailors on Friday that Congress would be irresponsible if it doesn't act to prevent drastic military budget cuts.In a...

  7. House easily passes $649 billion defense bill, boosting Pentagon budget by $17 billion

    The House on Friday overwhelmingly passed a $649 billion defense spending bill that boosts the Pentagon budget by $17 billion and covers the costs of wars in Iraq an...

  8. Will Congress strip military ads from NASCAR?

    Darrell Waltrip sounds off

  9. FACT CHECK: Obama claim of thrifty spending falls short of reality, bailout skewers numbers

    The White House is aggressively pushing the idea that, contrary to widespread belief, President Barack Obama is tightfisted with taxpayer dollars. To back it up, the...

  10. Fact Check: Obama's thrifty spending claim uses some creative accounting

    The White House is aggressively pushing the idea that, contrary to widespread belief, President Obama is tightfisted with taxpayer dollars. To back it up, the admini...

  11. FACT CHECK: Obama claim of thrifty spending record falls short of reality

    The White House is aggressively pushing the idea that, contrary to widespread belief, President Barack Obama is tightfisted with taxpayer dollars. To back it up, the...

  12. McCain gives straight talk on Afghanistan, NATO

    Arizona senator sounds off on NATO and US security transitions in Afghanistan and much more

  1. Panetta warns of 'hasty, ill-conceived' military spending cuts in effort to rein in deficits

    Silent for days amid the Capitol Hill debt standoff, the Pentagon has finally thrown down a marker, vowing to fight against military budget cuts officials say would ...

  2. Panetta to detail US plans to focus more on Asia-Pacific, with more troops, weapons

    Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is traveling through Asia this week, determined to show the U.S. is serious about shifting its focus to the region, amid growing worri...

  3. US growth slows to 1.9 pct. annual rate in January-March period; jobless claims rise to 383K

    The U.S. economy is looking slightly weaker one day before a critical report on May job growth.Economic growth was a little slower in the first three months of the y...

  4. Defense spending cuts worrisome for local military communities

    As the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan draw to a close, the Department of Defense plans to trim more than $480 billion from the budget in the coming decade. Tough choic...

  5. Gates to Propose Military Budget Cuts, Boost Marine Force in Afghanistan

    Defense Secretary Robert Gates plans to announce a new round of military budget cuts Thursday, a move that comes as the Pentagon prepares to build its combat force i...

  6. Faith Group Calls Budget 'Immoral'

    Alan asks John Gehring of Faith in Public Life why he believes the Republican Party's budget 'fails a basic moral test.'

  7. MSNBC's Chris Hayes' sorry pre-Memorial Day attack on military is no surprise

    Conservatives have long complained the left doesn't like the military. MSNBC's Chris Hayes, host of "Up with Chris Hayes" and an editor at the liberal journal The Na...

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