1、Thinking Smarter About DefenseUpdateFebruary 2010Few SurpriSeS in the FY 2011 DeFenSe BuDget requeStby Todd HarrisonOverviewThe Obama administration today unveiled its defense budget request for Fy 2011,which totals$549 billion in discretionary funding for the peacetime costs of the Department of De
2、fense(DoD)and$4 billion in mandatory funding.In addition to the“base”budget,the administration also requests$159 billion for Overseas Contingency Operations(OCO)and$26 billion for national defense activities in the Department of energy and other agencies.altogether,the total national defense budget
3、request is$739 billion for Fy 2011.The budget also includes a supplemental request for$33 billion in additional funding for OCO for the remainder of Fy 2010.This request increases the base defense budget by 3.4 percent in nominal terms over the$531 billion appropriated by Congress for Fy 2010,or 1.8
4、 percent in real terms using the DoD adjustment for inflation and 2.3 percent using the GDP Price Index for inflation.1 Including the supplemental request for additional war funding in Fy 2010,the cost of the wars in Iraq and afghanistan will actually decline slightly from$163 billion in Fy 2010 to$
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