I do want to note that I looked through the budget documents, and in both the Space Force and the Air Force, there's a category called mandatory spending. There's no such thing as mandatory spending except in areas where there is a legal obligation to expend the money. Mandatory spending is a term of art in government budgeting and it refers to principally Social Security and Medicare. There's nothing mandatory about part of your budget. (00:42–00:52)
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