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Military & Security Spending

In fiscal year 2015, Pentagon and related spending will total $598 billion, accounting for 54 percent of all federal discretionary spending. That's roughly the size of the next seven largest military budgets around the world, combined.

Blog Posts

Federal Contractor Spotlight: Lockheed Martin and the F-35

Lindsay Koshgarian |

If you’re a defense contractor, terrorism means business, and business is good.

Senator McCain is Right: No Secrecy for Northrop Grumman on B-21

Lindsay Koshgarian |

Senator John McCain has had enough of government secrecy and bloated Pentagon projects.

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Recent Publications

Competing Visions 2016

Jasmine Tucker

National Priorities Project examines how new budget proposals stack up to Americans’ priorities.

The President's 2017 Budget Proposal in Pictures

Jasmine Tucker

The National Priorities Project breaks down President Obama’s $4.2 trillion budget proposal in a series of pictures.

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