America's $1 Trillion National Security Budget

In the final budget of the Obama administration, defense agencies are asking taxpayers to pay $1 trillion for our national security budget

February 10, 2016

By Mandy Smithberger

(Sources: Table 28-1 from Analytical Perspectives and Homeland Security Appendix in 2017 OMB Budget)

Mandy Smithberger

Mandy Smithberger is the director of the Center for Defense Information at POGO.

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