Over the last 10 years, the defense budget has grown from about $502 billion to $825 billion. That's an extraordinary 10 year increase of about $323 billion. Over that same period of time, the State Department budget has grown from 54 billion to, to 56 billion, a $2 billion increase. Now if you layer in emergency funds, that increases more like $30 billion. But you are still talking about an increase for the military over the past 10 years. (06:56–07:09)
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Asserts that the State Department budget increased by $2 billion over the same period.
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