Economy

No Army troop increase in Trump budget while other services see gains

By Travis J. Tritten
Published May 23, 2017 8:08pm ET
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No Army troop increase in Trump budget while other services see gains
Trump has promised a dramatically larger Army of 540,000 soldiers, yet DoD has proposed a larger $574.5 billion base budget for the coming year that would instead spend increases on training, maintenance and efforts to shore up the existing military's ability to fight wars. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Adeline Witherspoon, 20th Public Affairs Detachment) | (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Adeline Witherspoon, 20th Public Affairs Detachment)

The Army will remain the same size in 2018 under President Trump’s first defense budget released Tuesday.

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