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Critics slam cuts to foreign aid, big boost for Pentagon
Most senior military leaders said to believe it unwise to cut development aid and diplomacy funding
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PRESIDENT Donald Trump's proposal to add US$54 billion to the Pentagon budget next year sounds huge at first - a 10 per cent increase for a department that already receives more of taxpayers' money than any other part of government.
But the outgoing Obama administration had forecast a US$35 billion increase for the Defense Department in fiscal year 2018, so Mr Trump's share of the proposed increase over and above that figure is US$19 billion, according to budget analysts.
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