Defense FY 2008 Budget Analysis: Four Percent for Freedom

Publication Date: March 2007

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Baker Spring

Research Area: Military and defense

Keywords: Budget; military operations; defense budget; weapons procurement

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

Maintaining a healthy defense posture requires sustained funding for national defense at no less than 4 percent of GDP. Unless Congress continues to separate funding for ongoing military operations to combat terrorism from the core defense program, the cost of these ongoing operations will come at the expense of necessary long-term investments for defense.