In 1999, the budget for the Defense Department was $276 billion. For 2008, the Pentagon request will be a staggering $623 billion, including $142 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. (That means defense spending is two and a quarter times higher than it was a decade ago, for those who don't have a calculator handy.)
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