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Given the materiality of the Defense function and amount of resources it consumes, the proc.
The annual budget for the military not only provides for those salaries, it covers the baseline and wartime operating expenses of the force, and hundreds of billions of dollars of investment in new capabilities and technologies.
Half of all federal employees work for the Department.
Department of Defense accounts for over half of federal government discretionary spending and over 3% of GDP.
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