Biden administration unveils $813 billion budget for national defense

Published March 28, 2022 7:06pm ET



The Biden administration submitted its fiscal 2023 budget request of more than $813 billion for national defense, with $773 billion of it allocated for the Department of Defense.

The requested budget is roughly a $30 billion increase from this year’s enacted amount, which amounts to a 4.1% hike. Biden’s request is approximately 8% more than what the administration requested last year, to which Congress added tens of billions of dollars.

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