The FY 2010 Defense Budget Request: Prelude to Another Procurement Holiday?
The Obama Administration's core defense budget request for fiscalyear 2010 (not including funding for overseas contingency operations) will absorb 3.8 percent of gross domestic product(GDP). This points to a future in which the military will be unableto acquire the modern weapons and equipment for a prudent nationalsecurity strategy. Congress needs to work toward a core defensebudget that is at least 4 percent of GDP.
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