Trump Seeks $639 Billion for Defense Department, Up 10%
- Budget for 2018 seeks to expand Army, boost ships, munitions
- President also submits additional $30 billion for this year
Trump Proposes Historic Budget Cuts to Fund Defense
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President Donald Trump is proposing a $639 billion Pentagon budget for fiscal 2018 that pledges to accelerate combat against Islamic State terrorists and replenish a U.S. military worn out by 15 years of war operations.
“The president’s 2018 budget ends the arbitrary depletion of our strength and security and begins to rebuild our U.S. armed forces,” the White House said in a budget outline released Thursday for the year that begins Oct. 1.