TY - BOOK AU - Pena,Charles V. TI - $400 billion defense budget unnecessary to fight war on terrorism / T2 - (Policy analysis ; NO. 539) AV - Pamphlet HC417. P463 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - Washington, D.C. : PB - CATO Institute, KW - Economic assistance KW - Afghanistan KW - Economic development KW - Humanitarian assistance KW - Economic assistance, American KW - Afghanistan KW - Foreign relations KW - Politics and government KW - 2001- N1 - Caption title; “March 28, 2005”; Includes bibliographical references N2 - Summary: “President Bush signed a $417.5 billion defense appropriations bill for fiscal year 2005 on August 5, 2004. With the addition of a $82 billion supplemental for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, in real terms U.S. military spending will be at a level exceeded only be that of the waning years of world war II and the height of the Korean war. The defense department had…”—title page ER -