Comments on: Gates $663 Billion Budget Changes Defense Priorities

By: US military spending hit $607 billion in 2008

US military spending hit $607 billion in 2008 — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:50:52 +0000

[...] the change of Administration has not reversed the trend. The Obama Administration has asked for $663 billion for the military for fiscal year 2010, including supplemental funding for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Although some wasteful [...]

By: Understanding Government » Blog Archive » AT PENTAGON, THE SOFT BIGOTRY OF LOW EXPECTATIONS

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:24:30 +0000

[...] percent, to $534 billion. That doesn’t include the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which wil bring the total to $663 billion. Headlines last week like "Gates calls for huge cuts to defense programs" and "Gates [...]

By: Spencer Ackerman

Spencer Ackerman — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:45:44 +0000

I'm tallying up the totals through FY 2010. This is the last year there'll be a supplemental. OMB gave out the $663 billion total when it gave the total budget number a couple weeks ago. $534 billion is indeed not inclusive of the costs of the wars.

By: Spencer Ackerman

Spencer Ackerman — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:45:44 +0000

By: Gates Reins In Bloated Defense Budget

Gates Reins In Bloated Defense Budget — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:45:01 +0000

[...] of Management and Budget, told the Washington Independent that Gates’s proposal was a “very important step” to “stop the era of irresponsibility, and no longer kick down the road tough decisions [...]

By: The Best Defense - The Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com

The Best Defense - The Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:25:09 +0000

[...] Spencer Ackerman at the Washington Independent: The long-awaited fiscal 2010 budget request, which has a price tag of $534 billion and climbs to [...]

By: Foobar

Foobar — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:12:03 +0000

Can you elaborate on this?

"The long-awaited fiscal 2010 budget request, which has a price tag of $534 billion and climbs to $663.7 billion when the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are factored in."

I thought that the O admin was folling the Iraq/Afghan wars into the military budget. So isnt the cost of those 2 wars reflected in the 534 figure? Or, the supplemental spending for 2010 has already occurred irrespective of the 2010 budget?

By: Matthew Yglesias » Praise for the New Defense Budget

Matthew Yglesias » Praise for the New Defense Budget — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:46:51 +0000

[...] more analysis on yesterday’s defense budget analysis see Robert Farley, Spencer Ackerman, Fred Kaplan, and James Fallows. All are impressed, and all rightly [...]

By: Spencer Ackerman examines the Gates budget « Later On

Spencer Ackerman examines the Gates budget « Later On — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:35:01 +0000

[...] in Democrats, Military, Obama administration at 4:34 pm by LeisureGuy Well worth reading. It begins: Defense Secretary Gates took a major step toward rebalancing U.S. defense priorities on [...]