US Defence Spending Up 5% In Trump\'s 2020 Budget Plan

US Defence Spending Up 5% In Trump's 2020 Budget Plan

If approved as is -- an unlikely scenario given opposition in Congress -- military spending would increase to $750 billion for fiscal year 2020, which begins in October 2019.

World | | Updated: March 12, 2019 23:41 IST
US Defence Spending Up 5% In Trump's 2020 Budget Plan

Trump's 2020 budget provides the hike, notably to finance building his controversial border wall. (FILE)