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Pentagon Wants $581 Billion–War Costs Not Included

Submitted by JKap on Wed, 11/19/2008 - 11:09
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Pentagon Wants $581 Billion From Obama – War Costs Not Included

Give the boys in the Pentagon credit; they've got chutzpah. While the federal government hemorrhages money -- and everyone from Goldman Sachs to General Motors to the city of Philadelphia is looking for more Washington cash -- the Defense Department is getting ready to ask for its biggest budget yet. The Pentagon is telling the Obama transition team that it wants $581 billion for the next fiscal year, an increase of $67 billion. And that doesn't even count cash needed to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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