2010 U.S. Defense budget approved
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The Senate Appropriations Committee has unanimously approved the 2010 Pentagon budget. The bill has a price tag of $636 billion (PDF summary) and covers all the Pentagon expenses, including $128 billion for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. A few notes:
* Adds 21,000 troops to Afghanistan, bringing total number to 68,000.
* Boeing Co. comes out nicely, with an orders for extra cargo planes and Navy jets which were not requested.
* $100 million requested by the Administration to close the Guantanamo Bay prison were strongly rejected and transfer, release or incarceration in the U.S. by any detainees is flatly forbidden.
* Adds 21,000 troops to Afghanistan, bringing total number to 68,000.
* Boeing Co. comes out nicely, with an orders for extra cargo planes and Navy jets which were not requested.
* $100 million requested by the Administration to close the Guantanamo Bay prison were strongly rejected and transfer, release or incarceration in the U.S. by any detainees is flatly forbidden.
Posted by brandonb at 10:22 AM on September 11th 2009
Strange to think that there's seemingly no issue with spending such a vast amount of money on protecting people, their bodies and their stuff from some external threats which may or may not be there, but when it comes to protecting people and their bodies in the form of certain medical threats, suddenly there's a big problem.
Perhaps I look at this the wrong way.