Center Releases Briefing Book for Pentagon’s FY 2011 Request
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 1, 2010
CONTACT: Katie Mounts, Director of External Relations
(Washington, D.C) – The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation released today a detailed budget analysis in response to the Obama administration’s release of its Fiscal Year 2011 defense spending request.
The analysis is available online.
The Obama administration’s FY 2011 Pentagon spending request totals $708.3 billion, an increase beyond inflation of $9 billion, or 1.3 percent, over FY2010 expected appropriations. In addition to this initial $708 billion, the administration has requested $18 billion for nuclear weapons activities at the Department of Energy (DoE) and $7 billion for additional non-DoD defense related activities.
From 2000-2009, the Defense Department’s base budget grew steadily, at an average increase of 4.3% (after adjusting for inflation) each year.
Laicie Olson, a defense analyst at the Center, stated, “While the President’s request this year continues the pattern of growth in defense spending, it is at a lower rate than during the years of the Bush administration.”
“Though the military budget remains disproportionately large in comparison to non-military defense spending, we support the Pentagon’s continued efforts to cut or reduce wasteful and ineffective programs such as the C-17 aircraft and the expeditionary fighting vehicle,” Olson added. “But there is still much cost-cutting and re-prioritization to do.”
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