Pentagon wants $1.5 trillion budget for Golden Dome, drones, troop raises
The Hill
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President Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense budget request includes a new “presidential priorities” category, earmarking $750 billion for the likes of the Golden Dome missile defense system, drones, artificial intelligence and building up the defense industrial base, Pentagon officials said Tuesday.
With a 42 percent increase in the Defense Department’s funding from last year, the requested…
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