Why is it, and we feel very comfortable with the number of $960 billion. Why don't you give us a straight up budget for the Defense Department? That's my question, Senator. This is a straight up budget for the Defense Department and it's a 13% increase over what Joe Biden gave us. It's a two part defense budget. Part of it is in reconciliation instead of in the bud being presented to this committee. This committee only has a partial review of the budget. (04:54–04:59)
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Asserts that the current defense budget is a straightforward budget and represents a 13% increase over the previous budget under Joe Biden.
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