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Author Pierrot, Lane.

Title Budgeting for defense [electronic resource] : maintaining today's forces.

Imprint Washington, D.C. : Congress of the U.S., Congressional Budget Office, [2000]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Federal Documents Online  Y 10.2:2000024523    ---  Available
Note Title from title screen.
"Lane Pierrot ... wrote the study"--Pref.
Paper version for sale by U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs.
"September 2000."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Summary -- Introduction (Current threats to U.S. security; Current U.S. military strategy; What factors drive budget requests for defense?) -- CBO's estimate of a sustaining budget for national defense (The scope of the estimate; CBO's estimate of a sustaining budget for the Department of Defense; CBO's estimate of a sustaining budget for defense activities in other agencies; The limitations of CBO's estimate) -- Alternative defense forces and budgets (Reducing budget requirements; Increasing the defense budget to equal CBO's estimate of a sustaining level for today's forces) -- Tables -- Figure.
Summary This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study, which was prepared for the Senate Committee on the Budget, presents CBO's estimate of the cost of sustaining today's military forces.
System Details System requirements: World Wide Web browser, Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Mode of access via the CBO web site.
Subject United States. Department of Defense -- Appropriations and expenditures.
Budget -- United States.
United States -- Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures.
Added Author United States. Congressional Budget Office.
Gpo Item No. 1005-C (online)
Sudoc No. Y 10.2:2000024523

 
    
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