U.S. Military Spending. Off the Chain.
- The U.S. military budget request for Fiscal Year 2005 is $420.7 billion
- For Fiscal Year 2004 it was $399.1 billion .
- For Fiscal Year 2003 it was $396.1 billion .
- For Fiscal Year 2002 it was $343.2 billion .
- For Fiscal Year 2001 it was $305 billion. And Congress had increased that budget request to $310 billion.
- This was up from approximately $288.8 billion, in 2000. [more]