Baku. 9 March. REPORT.AZ/ President Donald Trump will ask for a Pentagon budget of $718 billion for 2020, part of an overall $750 billion request for defense, Report informs citing CNN.
The Pentagon request represents an increase of 4.7% over this year's budget.
The figure includes both the Pentagon budget as well as the nuclear weapons elements of the Energy Department budget.
The administration is expected to formally announce the figures next week. However, given the fact that the Democrats control the House of Representatives, it's unclear whether the budget proposal can win congressional approval.
Chief Pentagon spokesman Charles Summers refused to comment on the issue until Tuesday.
By the information, approximately $544 billion is being requested for the "base" defense budget with an additional $9 billion going to an "emergency" fund. The remaining $165 billion would go to "Overseas Contingency Operations," an account that pays for military operations overseas in places like Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq.