Tuesday, February 15, 2011

The White House also called

The White House submitted for fiscal year 2012 conventional defense budget 5531 million dollars, more than the fiscal year 2011 budget request increased 42 million us dollars, the all-time record high.

With fiscal 2010 already executed defense budget, compared to conventional fiscal year 2012 defense budget increase 252 million dollars.

on congress to approve $1,178 war funding, to keep U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan next fiscal year of the war.

The quota is far below the White House fiscal year 2011 war funding applications (1593 billion), and already executed fiscal 2010 wars (1631 billion).

The U.S. defense department said, war funding to reduce is mainly for U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan forces caused by adjustment. U.S. plan before the end of the year, and all withdrawals from July began gradually withdraw from Afghanistan.

New defense budget also proposed cut defence spending long-term plan. Defense plans through personnel and organization adjustment and reform army medical insurance system etc, in the next five years to save military 780 million dollars.

Including defense budget, apply for fiscal year White House 2011 federal budget has not win congressional approval. The federal government since October last year this fiscal year since the start of the budget has been in a temporary resolution running under this resolution will be held next month expired, before this congress must reach new budget resolution to guarantee the normal operation of the federal government.

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