02_department of defense annual budget authority, fy 1948-2016
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THE WOUNDED GIANT: America's Armed Forces in an Age of Austerity by Michael O'HanlonTRANSCRIPT
Department of Defense Annual Budget Authority, FY 1948-2016 Billions of 2011 dollars
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Source: U.S. Department of Defense, National Defense Budget Estimates for FY 2012 (Washington, March 2011), pp. 81-86. Figures are based on the president’s budget request for 2012. Totals prior to 2012 include all war and enacted supplemental funding and do not include Department of Energy national security spending. Figures for 2012 and beyond do not include estimates of war spending.