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October 21, 2014

Update: Growth in U.S. Defense Spending Since 2001

We have an update to our budget charts over on the Center’s site today.

See below for a preview, and click here for the rest.

After adjusting for inflation, the overall trend in base U.S. defense spending has increased since 2001. Since the end of the war in Iraq, however, total spending has declined slightly and, over the last three years, the base budget has plateaued.

2001-2015 budget

Posted in: Nukes of Hazard blog, Security Spending

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