CSBA Releases In Depth Defense Budget Review for FY03


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CSBA Releases In Depth Defense Budget Review for FY03

Alise Frye	Published 04/03/2002 Press Release

Contact: Alise Frye		PHONE: (202) 331-7990
April 3, 2003		FAX: (202) 331-8019

The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments released today its in-depth review of the Bush Administration's budget request for the Department of Defense for Fiscal Year 2003. The report, "Analysis of the FY2003 Defense Budget Request," is authored by Steven Kosiak, CSBA's Director of Budget Studies, an acknowledged expert with nearly two decades of experience in deciphering the complexities of the defense budget.

The new report includes an overview of significant defense policy issues, such as funding for the war on terrorism, homeland security, and military transformation.

“This year’s request is the first to fully reflect the Bush Administration’s top-to-bottom reviews of defense policy, plans and funding requirements,” said Kosiak. “It includes a few significant changes from the previous administration’s plan, especially in the area of ballistic missile defense programs. But these changes are the exceptions. “

Also included in the report are analyses of each of the major categories of military spending, including the Operations and Maintenance, Research and Development, Procurement, and Military Personnel accounts.

Overall, under the administration’s proposal, funding for defense would grow by some 10.7 percent in inflation-adjusted terms—the largest increase since fiscal year 1982. One major new spending initiative is $37.7 billion for homeland security. Other budget priorities include increased spending on military health care, weapons procurement and military pay.

“The main difference between the new Bush proposal and the last Clinton plan is not the plan itself, but the fact that the Bush Administration has proposed the kind of funding increases that would be needed to actually implement the proposed plan,” Kosiak concluded.

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The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) is an independent policy research institute established to promote innovative thinking about defense planning and investment strategies for the 21st century.

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