The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. September 11, 2020 Joe Biden Says He May Further Increase Military Spending If Elected ------------------------------------------------------------------- On the campaign trail, Joe Biden said Thursday that if elected president, he might increase military spending - even beyond the Pentagon's current record budget of $738 billion. Biden told Stars and Stripes, "We have to focus more on unmanned capacity, cyber and IT, in a very modern world that is changing rapidly." .