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November 16, 2017

House Approves $700 Billion Pentagon Budget
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In other news from Capitol Hill, the House has passed a $700 billion
military budget-by far the largest military budget in the world.
According to the National Priorities Project, U.S. military expenditures
are roughly the size of the world's next seven largest military budgets
combined. Meanwhile, a new study has found the amount spent by the U.S.
on wars since the September 11 attacks will top more than $5.6 trillion
by the end of the fiscal year. According to the Brown University-based
Costs of Wars project, the average U.S. taxpayer has spent over $23,000
to pay for the U.S. wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Pakistan and other
countries.


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