Number: RL31349
Title: Defense Budget for FY2003: Data Summary
Authors: Stephen Daggett and Amy Belasco, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division 
Abstract: This report is a source of facts and figures on the FY2003 defense budget. Part I presents basic data on the national defense budget request, including figures on budget authority and outlays for DOD and for the national defense budget function. Part II shows trends in overall defense spending, including figures on the growth and decline of defense spending, on defense outlays as a share of federal expenditures, on defense outlays as a share of gross domestic product, and on foreign military spending. Part III defines key defense budget terms.
Pages: 30
Date: Updated March 29, 2002