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John Lamperti, Truthout: "The Pentagon 'base budget' request for fiscal year 2011 (beginning on October 1) calls for about $549 billion, an increase of $18 billion over the appropriation for the current fiscal year. That's nowhere near the whole story. The administration is also requesting about $160 billion for 'Overseas Contingency Operations' (OCO) that goes to pay for wars and occupations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. There's also $25 billion or more in military spending outside the 'Department of Defense,' much of that for nuclear weapons included in the Department of Energy's budget. (This $25 billion could be much larger, depending on what is included.)"

http://www.truthout.org/just-dont-call-it-defense59262



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