The lack of growth: McCain commented annotirovanyy trump the growth of the military budget of the United States
Increase in the defense budget of the United States in the amount proposed by the American President Donald trump, is not enough: the military needs more funds to ensure the national security of the country.
This was stated by the head of the U.S. Senate Committee on armed services John McCain, reports “Interfax”.
“The white house announced that the President intends to request a military budget of $ 603 billion thus, the budget will increase by $ 18.5 billion compared to the level proposed by President Obama for the 2018 fiscal year. In other words, the President trump intends to provide the defence budget, which is just three percent more of the defense budget President Obama, which left our military underfunded,” reads the statement of the Senator.
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