US EditionPentagon Seeking Ways to Spend Additional $500 Billion: Washington Post
Officials face challenges allocating a $500 billion military budget increase amid debates over existing weapons and new technology investments, delaying the fiscal 2027 proposal.
- Pentagon officials are scrambling to find ways to spend the additional $500 billion, the Washington Post reported, as aides face logistical challenges in obligating the funds.
- Last month, President Donald Trump approved a roughly 50% boost that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth requested, despite opposition from the White House budget chief.
- Senior Pentagon officials consulted former senior defense officials while Mark Cancian, retired Marine Corps colonel, called the $500 billion boost a head-scratcher detached from the January defense strategy.
- The White House is more than two weeks behind its statutory deadline after President Donald Trump approved a $500 billion increase, and as of Saturday officials remain no closer to finalizing the military spending agenda.
- With analysts noting uncertainty about current spending, analysts and researchers said officials lack clarity on Pentagon spending and flagged debate on new U.S. military investment priorities.
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The White House is more than two weeks behind on finalizing its budget proposal after President Donald Trump approved a request to increase military spending by $500 billion, and before Pentagon officials had any idea how to spend the additional money, The Washington Post reported Saturday.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had requested of Trump a roughly 50% boost to military spending, a request Trump agreed to last month, and in spite of oppositi…
Trump administration aides struggling with how to spend $500 billion more on military
Trump administration officials have struggled to figure out how to increase U.S. military spending by a whopping $500 billion in their forthcoming budget, slowing the overall White House spending plan, four people familiar with the matter said.
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