Pentagon budget request seeks extra money
for Ukraine military support, Afghan resettlement
Posted By: Ribicon, 3/28/2022 2:34:44 PM
The Department of Defense is asking Congress for $773 billion for the Pentagon in 2023, an increase of $30 billion from what President Biden asked for last year. The Pentagon asked for more than $14 billion in added supplemental funding for projects such as resettling Afghan refugees in the U.S. ($4.3 billion), $6.5 billion for Ukraine military support, and $350 million for cleaning up Hawaii’s fuel-contaminated water supply. The Air Force will receive the largest slice of the taxpayer-funded pie. Its budget will go from $220.6 billion this year to $234.1 billion in fiscal year 2023.
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Afghani refugees are not a burden, but a gift. They say there's plenty of wide-open space around Crawford, Texas, and the climate would suit them well. Another recent article featured a "job fair" for relocated Afghani refugees who, despite being brought to New USA on the pretext of having been translators, do not speak a word of English.