{"id":53829,"date":"2018-01-26T20:59:16","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T20:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/01\/26\/is-the-pentagon-getting-a-raise-in-fy19\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:00:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:00:49","slug":"is-the-pentagon-getting-a-raise-in-fy19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2018\/01\/26\/is-the-pentagon-getting-a-raise-in-fy19\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Pentagon getting a raise in FY19?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The Trump administration reportedly plans to seek a defense budget of $716 billion as part of its fiscal 2019 budget request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The figure, first reported by The Washington Post<\/a>, would represent an increase over the figure authorized by members of Congress for fiscal 2018, money which has yet to be appropriated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trump administration\u2019s FY18 budget for defense came in at $603 billion \u2014 $18.5 billion more than the Obama administration projected for 2018, a number that defense hawks instantly declared was too small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response, the House passed a $696.5 billion National Defense Authorization Act, with the Senate passing one at $700 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of the defense committees, including Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., expressed frustration<\/a> during the budget process that Mattis was not being more vocal about the need for additional defense spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\t