We actually increased the defense budget, the defense appropriations, by $27 billion. And this was important because we had some really great wins for our military. It provided for a 5.2% pay raise for our military men and women, which is the highest they've gotten in 20 years. It also provided for eight more ships to be built. We halved the amount of ships that the President wanted to cut. He wanted to decommission eight. (01:08–01:16)
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