President Bush on Feb. 4 presented a DOD budget request for Fiscal 2009. It seeks $515.4 billion in budget authority less war costs and $585.4 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" contain no adjustment for inflation. With "constant dollars," inflation has been factored out. Charts address only the Defense Department program.
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