defense budget

The President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Budget Request for the State Department and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is $58.5 billion, which includes $27.7 billion for USAID fully and partially managed accounts, $2.9 billion (11 percent) above the FY 2021 enacted level. In addition, the American Jobs Plan (AJP) will seek $400 million in mandatory funds over five years (including $80 million in FY 2022) across USAID to develop vibrant clean energy global markets and in turn support job creation in the United States.
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U.S. DoD Spending Trends FY 2012-2013
FY 2012
In FY2012, (fiscal year starting October 1, 2011) the DoD was projected to spend a total of $645.7 billion dollars (discretionary). Of this amount, $530.6 billion is Base Request and $115.1 billion is for Overseas Contingency Operations (used to be called Global War on Terror).
In the former FY2012 budget proposed a year ago, Â the DoD would have received $676.0 billion - thus the budget has been cut by $30.3 billion or 4.5%. Of the $676 billion, $558.2 billion was Base and $117.8 billion for Overseas Contingency Operations.
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