Defense spending has increased an average of 11.1 percent

By Faiz Shakir on Aug 15, 2006 at 2:34 pm

each year since 2001, according to a report by the Republican Senate Budget Committee. The analysis raises doubts over Pentagon projections that spending will only increase 3.4 percent a year from 2007 to 2011. “Is that sustainable given the underlying trends in defense spending?”

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