Sentences with phrase «of military budget»

When a crusading chairperson of the military budget committee pressures the would be Navy secretary to begin full gender integration of the service, he offers the chance for a test case for a female trainee in the US Navy's elite SEAL / C.

In an era of military budget cuts, it is imperative that this installation remains open.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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

Meanwhile, at the same event on Tuesday, some of the U.S. military's top weapons buyers said their service branches would have to halt or drastically cut hundreds of acquisition programs if Congress doesn't pass a new budget.

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.

Mutually unpleasant cuts to military and social spending were a key feature of the 1985 Gramm - Rudman - Hollings budget deal during the Reagan years, although the success of these measures remains controversial.

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.

«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 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.

Now, however, investor exuberance is being supported by proposed fiscal policy such as lower corporate taxes, deregulation and historically large budget cuts to help finance the rebuilding of the nation's infrastructure and military.

Given the current budget and logistical challenges facing the Canadian Forces, some tough choices will have to be made if Canada is going to add a credible military component to the range of its relations with China.

Will Canadian military leaders dig deep and find resources to put some flesh on the bones of the skeletal military relationship with China (and Asia) even as they grapple with the challenges of reduced budgets and manpower.

WASHINGTON - Congressional leaders finalized a sweeping $ 1.3 trillion budget bill Wednesday that substantially boosts military and domestic spending but leaves behind young immigrant «Dreamers,» deprives President Donald Trump some of his border wall money and takes only incremental steps to address gun violence.

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

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»of all, QUALITY OF LIFE — I'd call it a «global superpower with a few budget problems to work out»OF LIFE — I'd call it a «global superpower with a few budget problems to work out».

Yes we only want the type of Christians that send our young people into war, increase our military budget, increase our national debt & take money from poor.

This particular blowhardism is a combination of positions on entitlement spending, taxation, military engagement, and purely rhetorical spending cutting radicalism that can't withstand contact with the realities of either the federal budget or public opinion.

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

President Eisenhower warned of the «military - industrial complex» during the 50s when defense spending was 11 percent of GDP and 60 percent of the federal 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.

But though German rearmament, along with the increased military budgets of the allied powers, made war an «acute possibility,» it was not inevitable: «The nations of Europe are all armed to the teeth, and still they can not compel Germany to observe the terms of an unfair treaty.

That such preparations may upset the international balance of power, or even provoke war, is no reason to reject a military budget, since the final war is coming according to the will of God.

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

It would take less than 10 % of the US military's budget to provide clean water and very basic food and clothing to EVERY starving or impoverished person ACROSS THE GLOBE.

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.

Military spending is one of the most unproductive, corrupted and useless waste of budget.

Why don't we put the military on a charitable budget and let the people of this nation be «Fully» funded.

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

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.

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).

Can you imagine how much we could cut the military budget if we didn't have to order thousands of armored vehicles, big jets and other types of «snooping» aircraft??

I have no idea where you are getting that, unless you are breaking military spending down into many component parts and then comparing one of them to the other two agencies... Spending on the military is a greater portion of the budget than all other discretionary spending combined.

slashing the military budget is going to mean a whole lot of unemployed soldiers and defense industry workers.

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

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:

How much of the national budget is devoted to the military again?

At present two thirds of UK arms sales go straight to the Middle East, and with the Gulf states increasing their military budgets this looks unlikely to change.

Congressional leaders finalized a sweeping $ 1.3 trillion budget bill that substantially boosts military and domestic spending but leaves behind young immigrant «Dreamers,» deprives Trump some of his border wall money and takes only incremental steps to address gun violence.

Trump emphasizes the need to restore US military power after years of declining budgets.

The Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA) is one contributor to declining military capability.

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