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Pentagon to hike spending request by 35 percent to over $7 billion to fund 'fight against' Islamic State

Tuesday, February 2, 2016 1:22
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Pentagon to hike spending request by 35 percent to over $7 billion to fund 'fight against' Islamic State | 01 Feb 1016 |President Barack Obama's administration will seek a significant increase in funding for the 'fight against' Islamic State [I-CIA-SIS] as part of its 2017 defense budget request, U.S. officials say, in another possible sign of U.S. efforts to intensify the campaign. The fiscal year 2017 Pentagon budget will call for more than $7 billion for the fight against Islamic State, a roughly 35 percent increase compared with the previous year's request to Congress, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity. U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter is due to disclose his spending priorities for the $583 billion 2017 defense budget on Tuesday in an address to the Economic Club of Washington.



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