An Opportunity for Change: President Biden’s First Defense Budget Proposal
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When it comes to national security or national defense, dollars are policy: What an administration seeks to fund and where it chooses to make cuts reveals a great deal about its national security strategy and priorities. One of the Biden administration’s immediate and critical responsibilities is sending its proposed fiscal year (FY) 2022 defense budget and FY 2022–2026 defense program to Congress.
The administration will have to make some hard choices as it develops its budget, regardless of how much of its total discretionary spending it is able or willing to devote to the nation’s military defenses. And no matter how much the United States spends on defense, it cannot buy perfect security.