Bush Unveils Military Budget Story aired: Tuesday, February 03, 2004
About half of all discretionary domestic spending in President Bush's new budget request is for the military. Discretionary spending is what Congress can decide whether or not to fund, as opposed to mandated expenditures, like Social Security and Medicare.
So, what's in, and what's not in the $401.7 billion military budget Congress must decide upon?
Here & Now is joined by Anne Scott Tyson, Pentagon correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor.
Guests:
Anne Scott Tyson, Pentagon correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor.
