Sentences with phrase «military budget for»

The budget for such, he tells us, was more than the PRC's military budget for 2011 (pp. 278 - 286).

It's too bad conservative won't cut military budgets for on base relgious activities when the base has plenty of churches in surrounding communitiers.

Not exact matches

The investment in military hardware in Trump's budget would come at an expense of foreign aid and democracy promotion programs that have been a hallmark of U.S. foreign policy for decades.

The budget would expand funding for the military but impose an $ 8.8 billion reduction for the State Department and the US Agency for International Development during the current and next fiscal years — the biggest reduction since the 1990s.

It's impossible to know for sure, but here's a look at how NASA's budget compared to the US military's in 2016.

Put another way, the military's budget for 2016 would pay for a crewed mission to Mars with tens of billions to spare.

Trump's budget also calls for what the President deemed a «historic» increase in military spending, amounting to an additional $ 52 billion allocation for the Department of Defense.

In her case, it was imperative for women from different countries to include and support each other in decisions being made on things like military budgets and arms control.

While the House recently approved defense spending of $ 621.5 billion and the Senate approved $ 632 billion for 2018, a 2011 budget law caps military and defense spending at $ 549 billion.

Likewise, part of the parade down Pennsylvania Avenue is managed by the US military and paid for out of its budget.

The White House had proposed an 11 percent cut to FEMA's budget as a way to free up more money for the military.

A few years of planning, budgeting, saving, and investing could make all the difference between leaving the military for a civilian career or retirement.

Paul's budget cuts spending for basic (not relating to current military operations) military spending by 50 billion dollars and cuts a further 20 billion for military modernization.

That would mean zeroing out the 93 billion dollars for 2013 continuing military operations in the Ryan budget.

You can add another $ 800 billion a year if you budget for future commitments, such as the future cost of pensions for our current standing military, so while the Defense appropriation is $ 640 billion, the actual cost to tax payers has been estimated at $ 1.7 trillion dollars each year — about 40 % of the annual Federal budget.

Then there is the «theological» support for an inflated military budget, weapons development, even destruction of life on earth.

I've got news for us all, NOT cutting our military budget is going to hurt our «economic freedom».

In fiscal 1995 the total federal operating budget for the CPB is $ 286 million, while $ 200 million yearly is allocated to military bands.

If these figures loom large, recall that our military expenditures are greater by still another factor of ten (defense budget for 1960 is $ 41 billion).

If you're budget - conscious, you can have a look around for new and second - hand military watches to find the best deal.

And this Al - Monitor (a media site focused on Middle East which was accused of following «the agenda of the Iranian and Syrian governments and Hezbollah») article details a bit more the military budget and the growing trend of Iran's military spendings, although it does not state the current total defense budget and its numbers are considerably lower than SIPRI's for the past years, maybe because the fiscal year used in this article begins near 20th March:

This does not mean a bigger budget for the military: it means investing in a more effective police force and establishing systems that can generate and act upon security information.

«We need to reach a budget agreement that equally boosts funds for our military and key priorities here at home including the opioid crisis, pension plans and rural infrastructure,» Schumer and Pelosi said.

As the Trump administration threatened hefty budget cuts for the U.S. Coast Guard, the military service was spending more than $ 6.6 million protecting the president's waterfront Mar - a-Lago Club during his seven weekend trips there this spring, documents show.

The large portion for why Trump is pushing a budget increase is the decay of military readiness under sequester and continuing resolution.

Lacking a formal budget and subsisting off of uncertain continuing resolutions for six years, usually followed by a «government shutdown,» the military is challenged to put major maintenance items on contract.

«Every opportunity is being given for military personnel to retrain either for alternative roles in the armed forces or in civilian life, but the simple fact is we have to tackle the massive deficit we inherited from Labour and the huge black hole in the defence budget,» he explained.

Dr Liam Fox, defence secretary, points to «radical reform», real - terms funding rises for the armed forces in the government's equipment programme and size of military budget in global terms.

Irrespective of how the UK is perceived overseas, governments of all parties have long believed that Britain needs to have a military befitting a great power — even if the dwindling military budget is closer to what might be expected for a medium size power.

Greens call for an end to the Bush - Obama post-9 / 11 decade of wars without end, bloated military budgets, skyrocketing hate crimes against Muslims in the US, torture and other abuses of power

The defence experts did however agree that the SDSR was a good balance between the need for spending cuts and preserving the UK military, suggesting that many had feared far greater cuts to the budget than the 7.5 % which emerged.

«We continue to have the fourth largest military budget in the world and the SDSR has put defence back on a stable footing with highly capable armed forces and certainty for our personnel and their families.

«Would you accept that the apparent diversion and sharing of the over $ 2 billion was largely due to your failure to ensure: (1) that system was in place to ensure a transparent and accountable spending of budget for military operations in strict accordance with the standards of international law including the UN Convention against Corruption; (2) that any such system was operating in a continuous and effective manner; and (3) that violations of the standards were punished when detected by that system?

«The Tories «will examine the scope for allocating some funding from the international aid budget» to pay for military - backed stabilisation work.»

President Trump unveiled a new $ 4.4 trillion budget proposal Monday that boosts spending for the military, homeland security and infrastructure while imposing cuts to social - welfare programs.

According to the Greens, he'll be supporting their calls to reduce the military budget, pass Medicare for All, and ban hydrofracking in the Marcellus shale.

In 1894 military pensions accounted for 37 % of the entire federal budget.

Rep. Curt Oda — a Utah legislator known for his strong stance on the 2nd Amendment Ken Sumsion — former Utah legislator, known for his budget expertise Matt Throckmorton — former Utah legislator and current Executive Director for the Utah Military Academy Chuck Williams — retired Lt. Col. in the United States Air Force, and a former Assistant Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon.

In a Washington Examiner article, a member of the Senate Budget Committee was asked for a monetary estimate of what percentage of the government is shut down after exempting the military:

Among the measures being unveiled today was a blueprint doubling France's budget for military satellites, drones and surveillance equipment, while at the same time a sixth of France's 320,000 military posts are to be shed and troop numbers are to be reduced by 50,000 to 224,000.

Trump's first budget for the federal government is a blueprint that would make deep cuts in the Environmental Protection Agency and other domestic programs while significantly increasing spending on the military.

Exceptions are made for public safety (per standing law), the active duty military (per a bill which did get passed to approve it), and things which are funded outside the standard budgeting process (such as Social Security).

The Trump budget also provides a bolstering of the U.S. military and national defenses, a key campaign pledge for the president.

Pittenger voted for the two - year budget plan that became law on February 9, 2018, citing the lack of options to increasing the military spending in order to provide for required training and maintenance.

(CNN)- Sen. Patty Murray, co-crafter of the bipartisan budget agreement and member of the veterans affair committee, said Wednesday cuts to pension benefits for some military veterans under the spending plan was a part of a compromise to avoid billions in cuts to the defense industry.

The Greens have actively organized against the ongoing wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Libya and call for a 50 to 75 % cut in the military budget.

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Obama returned from his Martha's Vineyard vacation yesterday, ready for a busy fall season and more battles with Congress over Zika funding, the federal budget and $ 400 million the administration paid Iran this year for the never - completed sale of military equipment.

The City Council Committee on Veterans held a preliminary budget hearing Monday, hearing testimony from the Department of Veterans Services and advocates for military veterans in New York City.

The Mayor's Office of Veterans Affairs is transitioning into the Department of Veterans» Services, a standalone department with a distinct agency budget and providing expanded services for the city's 225,000 military veterans.