AAAS R&D Report Sees Sharp Rise for U.S. Security Spending

摘要

Confronted by continuing global instability and record federal deficits, the U.S. Congress is moving toward a 2005 budget that would sharply raise research and development spending for security initiatives while holding it steady or cutting it in most other areas. Kei Koizumi, director of the AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program, reported this month that the U.S. Congress and President George W. Bush already have approved a 7.1% increase for research and development in the Department of Defense (DOD), raising the appropriation $4.7 billion to a record $70.3 billion. The House of Representatives would raise R&D spending for the Department of Homeland Security by 19.3%, while the Senate would increase the investment by 17.2%.