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WASHINGTON \u2014 Defense Department spending would surge to $842 billion in fiscal 2024, up 3.2% over FY23, under the budget proposal released by the Biden administration Thursday.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The administration issued only limited details, but spotlighted $9.1 billion in proposed investments for the Pentagon\u2019s Pacific Deterrence Initiative, meant to bolster U.S. force posture in the region amid increasing tensions with China. The spending plan also includes $37.7 billion for the Defense Department to continue modernizing the U.S. nuclear arsenal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis budget cements our commitment to confronting global challenges and keeping America safe,\u201d President Joe Biden wrote in an accompanying message to Congress. \u201cIt outlines crucial investments to out-compete China globally and to continue support for Ukraine in the face of unprovoked Russian aggression.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The budget proposal pledges $6 billion to support Ukraine, though it\u2019s unclear whether that money is for military or economic aid. That figure falls far short of the $113 billion Congress allocated for Kyiv via emergency supplemental spending last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pentagon officials are scheduled to discuss the details of the department\u2019s budget on Monday. The White House proposal also vowed to optimize and modernize U.S. naval shipbuilding, but did not detail any specific dollar amounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The document stated that the budget <\/b>\u201ccontinues the recapitalization of the Nation\u2019s strategic ballistic missile submarine fleet while investing in the submarine industrial base\u201d and makes \u201cmeaningful investments in improving the lethality and survivability of the fleet, particularly improving undersea superiority.\u201d That includes \u201cthe recapitalization and optimization of the four public Naval Shipyards to meet future submarine and carrier maintenance requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the administration, the budget also \u201cinvests in key technologies and sectors of the U.S. industrial base such as microelectronics, submarine construction, munitions production, and biomanufacturing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Funds allocated to the Energy Department will support \u201cthe strong technical and engineering foundation\u201d for the trilateral AUKUS agreement between the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom<\/a>, which the leaders of the three countries are expected to unveil in more detail in San Diego on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congressional headwinds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The defense spending proposal is expected to face harsh criticism from Republicans lawmakers, both for being too small to meet global threats and too large to meet deficit reduction goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The release of the White House budget draft kicks off the public debate over spending for the next fiscal year, which starts Oct. 1, and negotiating a full-year budget plan is expected to take months. Already, House Republican leaders have simultaneously promised to trim federal spending while boosting funding for national security needs, including the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., for his part, has vowed to cut at least $130 billion in non-discretionary spending, raising questions as to how the Republican-controlled House can accommodate a defense budget increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some defense hawks, like House Defense Appropriations subcommittee Chairman Ken Calvert, R-Calif., have started looking at ways to squeeze savings out of the Pentagon. Calvert, for instance, has proposed trimming the Defense Department\u2019s civilian workforce<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the Biden administration said its budget will \u201cstrengthen\u201d the Pentagon\u2019s \u201ccivilian workforce as a critical contributor to the nation\u2019s security.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Senate\u2019s No. 2 Democrat, Sen. Dick Durbin, of Illinois, on Wednesday, before the White House released the proposal, vented that House Republicans have not offered their own budget plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republicans \u201cwant to cut spending, but they want to increase defense spending, and many of us have asked for more money for Ukraine, and we certainly are sensitive to the fact that we have to replenish our own supplies in the process,\u201d Durbin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey keep talking in generalities,\u201d he added. \u201cIt\u2019s time to establish what they can pass in the House of Representatives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking Wednesday before the budget release, the Senate Armed Services Committee\u2019s top Republican, Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi, said any openness to cut defense spending among Republicans is out of step with the majority of the party and suggested McCarthy would buck those views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe\u2019s going to make the right decision for the future of our country, and it goes without saying you can\u2019t accommodate two differing positions at one time,\u201d Wicker said. \u201cWe are ready to defend our national security interests, and I am getting every signal that this budget will be inadequate and will need to be plussed up.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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