NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said NATO member states plan a 4.3 percent increase in military spending this year amid President Donald Trumpâs call for allies to pay more for their
MorePresident Donald Trump has urged NATO member countries to meet commitments to spend 2 percent of their gross domestic product on defense, DoD News reported Thursday. Trump said at the NATO headquarters in
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Defense Secretary James Mattis has said NATO member countries should increase their defense spending and that the U.S. government may have to âmoderate its commitmentâ to the alliance if nations fail to
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A Government Accountability Office report obtained by Deltek predicts the ratio of U.S. public debt to gross domestic product to grow and exceed the historical high of 106 percent in 1946 within
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Keith Hall, director of the Congressional Budget Office, has said CBO predicts the U.S. budget deficit to grow over the next 10 years if current laws remain unchanged. Hall said in a statement published
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Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has said the joint force needs to integrate all components of national power and U.S. military capabilities worldwide amid security threats
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A new Congressional Budget Office report says the federal budget deficit in fiscal year 2016 ended Sept. 30 reached $587 billion, about $148 billion higher than the shortfall recorded in the previous fiscal year. CBO
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A study released by the Brookings Institution has found that the economic cost of temporary internet shutdowns that occurred in various parts of the world between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016 reached at least
MoreThe Congressional Budget Office has estimated the federal governmentâs budget deficit at $588 billion for the 2016 fiscal year Sept. 30 in an increase of $149 billion over the figure calculated in FY 2015. CBO said
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A Congressional Budget Office report predicts the federal budget deficit to hit $590 billion in fiscal year 2016, a figure $56 billion higher than the agencyâs shortfall projection in March and $152 billion up
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