Donald Rumsfeld in USA Today

On Homeland Security: Boost defense spending by $200B over next 6 years

As Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld nears the end of a top-to-bottom review of the Pentagon, he is expected to seek a large boost in defense spending--$200 billion to $300 billion over the next 6 years. An increase in that range for the military amounts to a 10% to 15% boost over the Pentagon’s current spending blueprint of about $2 trillion from 2002 through 2007.

Investing more in satellites, unmanned aircraft, and space technology
De-emphasizing the role of ground troops
Retiring B-1 bombers, which cost $200 million each, and purchasing more B-2 Stealth bombers, at about $650 million each
Replacing aging aircraft much sooner than the current life cycle of 30-40 years
Contracting with private companies for some non-military functions such as maintenance, supply, and accounting.

Source: USA Today, by Dave Moniz, p. 1A, on Bush Cabinet Apr 27, 2001

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