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big increases in hard power, big cuts to soft power. let s take a first look at some of those big ticket hard power items. $54 billion increase in defense spending, that breaks down into 52 billion for the pentagon and 2 billion to be given to other agencies who are involved in defense. homeland security ops the budget by $3 billion, veterans affairs gets a little more than $4 billion. also, $1.5 billion for beginning construction of the wall, as well. massive cuts on the other side to some of the most important apartments we have. state department gets a 28% decrease in funding. a $10 billion cost. epa will see a 31% decrease in its funding, that will cover the elimination of some 3200 positions. hhs, 17.9% decrease and restructuring and the national institutes of health. how it gets a 13.2% decrease. in that, about $6 billion in

Defense spendingHard power items54 billion52 billion4 billionHomeland security ops the budgetVeterans affairsThe wall3 billion2 billion1 5 billion5 billionState department0 billion10 billionNational institutes of health