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Pentagon’s $849.8 Billion FY ‘25 Budget Rolled Out Amid Uncertain Spending Environment

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, March 11th, 2024

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Pentagon’s $849.8 Billion FY ‘25 Budget Rolled Out Amid Uncertain Spending Environment

An aerial view of the Pentagon. (U.S. Navy Photo)

The Pentagon on Monday detailed its $849.8 billion budget request for fiscal year 2025, a figure that adheres to the one percent spending cap from last year’s debt limit deal but is about $10 billion below what the department had originally projected. A senior defense official told reporters ahead of the budget release the slight increase “is not enough to cover inflation,” and offered the department’s perspective on the uncertain funding outlook as final FY ‘24 appropriations and billions of…

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