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Publication Date: March 2007
Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Baker Spring
Research Area: Military and defense
Keywords: Budget; entitlement; military personnel; defense modernization
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
Despite the ongoing war against Islamic terrorists and the need to meet enduring national security requirements, the defense budget is not large. By itself, it poses no threat to the overall economy. With the future of free peoples at stake, spending 4 percent of the national economy for defense is well worth the cost.