House and Senate Defense Budgets Imply the Need for Future Supplemental Funding

Publication Date: March 2007

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

Author(s): Baker Spring

Research Area: Military and defense

Keywords: National security; emergency; supplemental; Budget Committee

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

Congress needs to support plans to fill the gaps in the defense budget between FY 2009 and FY 2012 and pave the way to sustain defense budgets at 4 percent of GDP for the long term.