Read the full piece in Defense News here. The senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, Alexandra Bell, called Trump’s claims “a total lie” in her own tweet. “Modernization plans for nuclear arsenal were well underway before [Trump] came into office & his own budget isn’t passed yet,” she said in […]
Fiscal Year 2018 House Defense Appropriations Bill
For a printable PDF version, click here. The total funding for the Pentagon in FY 2018 is $658.1 billion, including $584.2 billion for base discretionary funding subject to budget caps ($68.1 billion above FY 2017 levels and $18.4 billion above the FY 2018 request) and a total of $73.9 billion for the Overseas Contingency Operations […]
Keeping Watch: Flawed Senate Bill to Expand National Missile Defense
As the pieces come together for a 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), it is important to watch for efforts to incorporate harmful policy changes. The process of assembling and passing an NDAA is exhausting, and there will be great incentive to finish even a version that contains deeply flawed minor provisions. One such potential […]
FY 2018 Defense Budget Request Briefing Book
Click here for a PDF version of the briefing book. The Fiscal Year 2018 Budget in Context Introduction President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget requests $574.5 billion for the Defense Department’s annual “base” discretionary budget, which is $58.4 billion higher than FY 17 levels, and $50.6 billion above last year’s request from President Obama. This […]
New Trump Budget Bolsters Nukes, Cuts Non-Proliferation Programs
President Trump’s budget increases the Pentagon’s budget without accountability, recklessly boosting funds for nuclear weapons while slashing money for non-proliferation programs that work to keep dangerous nuclear materials out of the hands of terrorists. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hazel Correa hcorrea@armscontrolcenter.org 202.546.0795 x2115 Washington, DC – Experts at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation criticized […]
