Chart Page Special: Defense Budget at a Glance

摘要

President Obama on April 10 presented Congress a DOD budget request for Fiscal 2014. It seeks $526.6 billion in budget authority not including war costs and $615.1 billion in BA counting war costs. Funding most often is stated in BA-the value of new obligations DOD can incur. (Some are paid in future years.) Figures can also be expressed in outlays-actual checks written in a given year. "Current dollars" include inflation. With "constant dollars," inflation has been factored out. Charts address only the Defense Department program.