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The White House’s fiscal year 2024 budget request released Thursday calls for $886 billion in defense spending, to include boosting the Pentagon’s topline by 3.2 percent up to $842 billion. The spending plan drew support from leading Democratic lawmakers, while Republicans have already pushed back on the budget request for increasing non-defense spending at a greater percentage than defense. “The budget continues to ensure that U.S. soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Guardians remain the best trained and equipped fighting forces…
