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13 Dec, 2014

PressTV – US Congress approves over half a trillion dollars in military spending

The US Congress approved a massive military spending bill on Friday worth more than half a trillion dollars, which includes billions of dollars for waging wars and developing nuclear weapons.

The legislation sets the Pentagon’s budget for fiscal year 2015 at $577 billion, including a base budget of $496 billion and $64 billion for conflicts abroad, including the war in Afghanistan and fighting ISIL terrorists in Iraq and Syria.

It also authorizes $17.9 billion for the US Department of Energy to work on the country’s nuclear weapons arsenal.

The Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 89-11 and sent it to President Barack Obama to sign into law. The House of Representatives passed the measure last week.

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