You won't see a $280 billion defense budget in the future.

The money is included as part of the 2009 defense budget.

The better way is to make up the entire amount from the defense budget.

What in the world does that have to do with the future of the defense budget?

Instead, they agreed to hold the defense budget at current levels for three years.

"I want to cut the defense budget by $50 billion," he said.

A: I think the defense budget this year, if we can get it down to $291 billion, we're doing very well.

Surely a country with a defense budget of more than $500 billion could do better!

I had not saved the country or the defense budget.

During his first month in office, Carter cut the defense budget by $6 billion.