<Tr> <Td> Total </Td> <Td> 580.3 </Td> </Tr> <P> In February 2018, the Pentagon requested $686 billion for FY 2019 . </P> <P> On March 16, 2017 President Trump submitted his request to Congress for $639 billion in military spending--$54 billion--which represents a 10 percent increase--for FY 2018 as well as $30 billion for FY2017 which ends in September . With a total federal budget of $3.9 trillion for FY2018, the increase in military spending would result in deep cuts to many other federal agencies and domestic programs, as well as the State Department . Trump had pledged to "rebuild" the military as part of his 2016 Presidential campaign . </P> <P> In April 2017, journalist Scot J. Paltrow raised concerns about the increase in spending with the Pentagon's history of "faulty accounting". </P>

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