Federal Spending Bill Calls For $572B For Pentagon -- Air Force Times
The 2014 defense appropriations bill would give DoD $92.9 billion in total procurement funds
WASHINGTON — Congressional appropriators on Monday evening unveiled a massive federal spending bill that includes a full 2014 Pentagon appropriations measure that would provide nearly $93 billion to buy new weapons.
The Defense Department would get $63 billion for research and development (R&D) projects, an area senior officials have warned isn’t funded enough. That is almost $7 billion less than the department got in 2013.
The White House had asked for $99.3 billion for Pentagon procurement, and $67.5 billion for R&D.
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