U.S. Defense Budget For 2016 -- News Roundup

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This graphic, included in the Pentagon’s budget documents for fiscal 2016, was released Monday. (Defense Department image)

U.S. Defense Budget For 2016 -- News Roundup

Work: FY 16 Budget Request Targets Modernization Efforts -- US Department of Defense

Obama boosts defense spending, but faces uphill battle: Full Coverage -- Stars and Stripes
Stories about the Fiscal Year 2016 budget proposal -- Stars and Stripes
Pentagon Unveils $585 Billion Budget Request -- Defense One
White House budget: Boost for defense with cost-control caveat -- Washington Post
Here are the highlights of the Pentagon's latest budget -- Business Insider
3,500 fewer civilian Pentagon jobs, 1.3 pay raise for troops: Breaking down Obama's 2016 budget request -- Aol.com

Pentagon Spending Plan Breaks Caps, Sets Up Showdown -- WSJ
Pentagon Ignores Spending Caps in 2016 Budget -- DoD Buzz
Pentagon’s Five-Year Plan Busts Spending Caps by $155 Billion -- Bloomberg
Ignoring caps, Obama proposes big boost in defense spending -- Stars and Stripes
DoD Request Blows By Budget Caps in '16 -- Defense News
Congressman Says GOP-Led US Congress Likely to Raise Defense Budget Caps -- Sputnik

Obama’s Defense Budget Aims Higher, and at Overseas Conflicts -- New York Times
Obama proposes $51 billion in war funds -- Al Arabiya/Reuters
As U.S. faces new threats, Pentagon seeks bigger defense budget -- Reuters

Navy's $160B Proposed Budget Increases Sea Pay and Submarines -- Military.com
USN Budget Includes $10B for New Missile Sub -- Defense News
Carrier refuel, new amphib among Navy shipbuilding plans -- Stars and Stripes
US Navy Budget Request Funds Carrier GW -- Defense News
The Pentagon wants $678 million to refuel a single aircraft carrier -- Business Insider

Proposed US Defense Budget Includes $10.6Bln for F-35 Joint Strike Fighters -- Sputnik
In budget docs, Air Force again pushes to retire A-10 -- Stars and Stripes
Ayotte 'deeply disappointed' in new push to retire the A-10 -- The Hill
U.S. Air Force delays competition for ground surveillance planes -- Reuters

Army Request Emphasizes Global Presence -- Defense News
Pentagon budget 2016: US Army holds S&T funding steady -- IHS Jane's 360
Army Shrinks Force by 23K Soldiers in 2016 Budget Proposal -- Military.com

Pentagon Asks for $9.6 Bln to Counter Missile Threat From Iran, North Korea -- Sputnik
War chest: US Air Force seeks more cash to boost Iraq & Syria ops, surveillance -- RT
Obama Wants More Money for Military Spy Satellites, Lasers, Space Fence -- Defense One
Spies seek $3 billion budget boost -- The Hill
White House Adds $21B for Modernization -- Defense News
USAF Budget Funds Munitions, Keeps U-2 -- Defense News
DoD wants to grow total budget, cut personnel costs -- Military Times
Obama Proposes a 000.5% Cut in Pentagon’s 800,000 Civilian Workforce -- Fiscal Times
Budget: Obama proposes big increase in VA funding -- Stars and Stripes
Pentagon proposes new round of base closures -- The Hill
What Military Contractors Can Learn From the Pentagon’s 2016 Budget -- Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One
Pentagon Budget Headed Below 3% Of GDP As Warfighting Edge Wanes -- Loren Thompson, Forbes
The Pentagon budget gives a skewed idea of how much the US really spends on defense -- Armin Rosen, Business Insider
Obama’s Big Guns: Why Obama’s defense budget is much larger than it looks. -- Fred Kaplan, Slate
How Obama’s new defense budget looks like Reagan’s -- Dan Lamonthe, Washington Post
U.S. Military Stretched by Strategic Demands That Outpace Budget -- Bloomberg