Sentences with phrase «military budget in»

Last year it spent 3.6 % of its GDP on defence, the highest ratio of any NATO member (and the highest total military budget in the world by a hefty margin).

«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.

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.

Wzrd1 — we could cut the military budget in half and still rival the spending of Russia, China, Germany, UK, and France combined.

The Industrial Military Complex is one of the worst aspects of modern America... we need to cut our military budget in HALF, easily.

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 defense industry — the Department of Defense — is the single biggest customer in the world,» says Laingen, who estimates that the military awards some $ 150 billion in contracts each year, depending on the size of its budget.

The American military and US defense contractors are facing severe cuts in their budgets, and need to constantly re-justify themselves.

We aren't a superpower (we rank 57th, globally, in terms of active military personnel, and our defence budget is the 15th biggest in the world).

Democrats are demanding increases in non-defense spending if military budgets are pumped up as Trump has demanded.

Military rule will certainly not improve the nation's 8 % - of - GDP budget hole or its 72 % - of - GDP debt load, which is already well beyond the point that pushed Argentina to default on its international debt obligations back in 2001.

President Donald Trump will propose beefing up military spending and slashing domestic programs and foreign aid in his fiscal year 2018 budget to be released on Thursday.

The proposed rise in the Pentagon budget to $ 603 billion comes as the United States has wound down major wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and remains the world's strongest military power.

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.

KERNEN: You want... PRESIDENT TRUMP: We need almost more than ever before — I mean, we've been in wars so we needed it then — but we need to be sure that our military is properly funded, and it would be really great to get rid of the, you know, we'd like to have a regular budget.

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.

I started a government - contracting consulting firm, Integrated Finance and Accounting Solutions, which services military and other government institutions and assists them in federal financial management in the areas of internal audits, internal controls, budgeting and accounting processes.

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 controIn 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 controin decisions being made on things like military budgets and arms control.

«With the threat environment unlikely to abate per a host of global tensions spanning China, the Mideast, North Korea, and Russia, we do not foresee any imminent fall - off in US military budgets,» wrote Morgan Stanley analysts led by Rajeev Lalwani.

While gutting our revenue by $ 60 billion over five years, Harper laid out a plan to spend $ 490 billion (in addition to the annual defence budget) over 20 years to build up the Canadian military.

The military budget is slated to get a healthy increase in the most recent budget proposal.

Considering our position in the overall global market, military strength, technological infrastructure, raw resources, and most of all, QUALITY OF LIFE — I'd call it a «global superpower with a few budget problems to work out».

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

If we cut our defense budget by half over the next 5 - 10 yrs we would still be the BIGGEST / BADDEST military in the world.

8 One does not need a medical degree to recognize that admitting homosexuals into the military would bring about an increase in the number of AIDS cases and would put additional financial and personnel strains on military medicine, which must contend with a declining military budget and the challenge of recruiting and retaining sufficient medical personnel.

Thanks to our military security, indeed, we created the end of the world, and we stored it in the cornfields of Kansas, using it indirectly to kill millions who were refused, because of the skewing of a military budget, their direct development needs.

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.

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

Today in the 1980s a potential war in Nicaragua draws widespread opposition, military budgets are closely examined, and social programs are still defended.

Being a first time military momma this would be a «dream» stroller thats just not in the budget right now so winning one would be amazing!

In the meantime, college counselors encouraged our kids to explore their educational dreams regardless of the price, as if military families had unlimited budgets.

Despite considerable reduction in the overall budget, the military and security budgets have increased.

And while the Ministry of Defence is included in these measures, they will be given flexibility on their multi-year budget to ensure that this will not lead to reductions in military manpower or the core defence equipment programme over the Parliament.

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.

The UK should end its involvement in the Airbus A400M military transport programme due to a budget shortfall and concerns over viability, a leading expert at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) has warned.

«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.

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

Education is the single highest budget item as opposed to military and security spending in most of the black - ruled states.

This is a serious enough policy question; certainly the military and police are interested both in estimating, (and perhaps at budget or election time mis - estimating), crowd sizes.

«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?

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.

President Obama's former defense secretary, Leon Panetta — a defense - cutting budget hawk when he served in Congress — has called sequestration's defense - spending caps «catastrophic,» «a disaster,» and a «a goofy meat - ax approach» that will «hollow out» the military.

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

On a vast array of profound issues — ranging from climate change and civil liberties to drone strikes, perpetual war and a huge military budget — some individual progressives in Congress introduce outstanding bills and make excellent statements.

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:

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.

On Wednesday, Schumer, a Democrat and the Senate Minority Leader, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, announced a two - year budget agreement that increases military and non-defense spending by $ 300 billion over the next two years and includes more than $ 80 billion in disaster relief.

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.