President Biden has asked Congress for $813 billion in military spending for the 2023 fiscal year. Of that amount, $773 billion will go to the Pentagon and the remaining funds will go to other US federal agencies for military programs, including the FBI and the Energy Department.
Biden’s request is over $30 billion more than the $782 billion military budget that was authorized for the 2022 fiscal year and represents about a 4% increase. But that still might not be enough for Republican hawks in Congress, who are calling for a 5% increase in military spending.
Last year, Biden asked Congress for $753 billion for military spending, but the House and Senate added an extra $25 billion to the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The $778 billion NDAA was then bumped up to $782 billion by the $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill that was recently signed by President Biden.
In a statement on the Pentagon’s budget request, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said the funds were needed to focus on China. “Our budget reflects our National Defense Strategy and the focus of that strategy on the pacing challenge of China,” he said. While China is considered the “pacing challenge,” Austin said the massive budget was also needed to face “acute threats” from Russia.
As part of its strategy against Russia and China, the Pentagon is focusing on developing new weapons technology. The Pentagon is asking for $130.1 billion for research and development of new technology, including hypersonic missiles, microelectronics, and biotechnologies.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, the Biden administration has pledged over $1 billion in new military aid for Kyiv. The Pentagon’s budget request includes another $300 million for Ukraine. The budget asks for $6.2 billion for the European Deterrence Initiative, which is an effort to bolster the US military’s presence in Europe.
Biden is also asking $6.1 billion for the Indo-Pacific Deterrence Initiative, a plan to increase US military assets near China. As part of the initiative, the US wants to establish a network of long-range missiles along the First Island Chain, which stretches from southern Japan down to Indonesia.
I will be genuinely surprised if Indonesia agrees to host us missiles. The hoopla of “uighur genocide” does have it’s value but Muslim countries remember the old colonial past and the recent actions of usa itself so a non existent genocide will not give the us what it wants
At the same time he tells us to embrace food shortages.
Betcha the MIC won’t be “eating lentils”
Do you think that old Joe is being optimistic?…. I am seriously concerned about his competency…
Did you seriously concerned about Trumps competency?
Any fool can be voted for President,therefore right thing to say is ; are we competent enough to vote for president of USA under current environment of lies conspiracy theories?
Are you still have a doubt about invasion of Capitol Hill?
How come Trump still not been charged and still he is there and he will be allowed to be candidate again?
How many Republican party senators still not been charged for instigating Capitol Hill invasion ?
How is possible the democracy can functions if nothing done?
That 30 billion increase is almost half of the “acute threat” Russia spent in 2021. It is more than the entire defense budget of every country in the world except 10, counting the US. The $813 billion comes out to $2.2 billion per day. So, in less than a month we spend more than Russia’s yearly budget. And the scourge of the world, Iran, is outspent in just 9 days. Just imagine adding all the other costs related to “defense” and the numbers would make us ill as to how much they dwarf the rest of the world.
The spending on the MIC and arming Ukraine and other nations is hastening the day when America defaults on her debts.
Forgive my level of cynicism but it might be cheaper if we just go to war….
Trump will hate that because it will beat his record high defense budget. Republicans will vote against it because it’s too high (and not Trump’s). I hope one day we cut it in half and invest it on not just economic development but economic growth as well.
If history is any guide, Republicans will bitch about it being too low (and not Trump’s), then agree to pass it once even more is tacked on.
I think Biden’s first one beat Trump’s. But I agree on cutting it in half. And then halve it again.
“President Biden has asked Congress for $813 billion in military spending for the 2023 fiscal year. Of that amount, $773 billion will go to the Pentagon and the remaining funds will go to other US federal agencies for military programs, including the FBI and the Energy Department.”____
This is just perfect…! All the money in the world to be wasted or pocketed by Pentagon Oligarchs and MIC contractors…. No Oversight…! No Checks and Balances…! No One Responsible for Unaccounted Funds…! and above all No New Weapons or new weapons that Don’t Work Right, like F35 jets…! And it repeats itself year after year…!
That means no money for infrastructure here.
Well, Just. Plain. Great.
Sorry, all you people living on the streets.
Sorry, all you folks who will lose your lives because you cannot afford medical insurance.
Sorry, all you families who cannot afford to feed your children.
Understand that Amerikkka’s ever-increasing need to acquire and employ the weapons of war are far more important. No soup for you.
Biden breaks the record for quickest “peace dividend” about face.
The Triune God ( NSA, Pentagon, CIA) has spoken. Feed us!
Good Morning vlp1730. What should we feed you?… 🙂
Ah, I know: green eggs and ham. (!)
Half a million Americans, men women and children, living on the streets and we waste money not on US security but on useless people and gear, just to keep the politicians palms greased and the corporations deep in profits.