But the MDA's future budgets are likely to go up "fairly substantially" with the next administration, Katherine Blakeley, a fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, said during a Dec. 6 interview, noting that Trump's attitude toward missile defense closely aligns with that of current lawmakers. Pointing out that the MDA's budget was "right around" $9 billion "not that long ago" during the Bush administration, Blakeley said it would be "a large but achievable increase."
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