Sources: Congressional Budget Office, Office of Management and Budget, “A New Era of Responsibility: Renewing America’s Promise,” 26 February, 2009, Table S-8; and Office of Management and Budget, Budget of the United States Government, FY 2010, Historical Tables, Table 5.1.
The Obama Administration releases a 10-year budget plan which proposes a declining defense budget, beginning at 3.81 percent of gross domestic product in 2010 and dropping to a startling 3.01 percent in 2019. Flat or declining defense budgets will undermine the U.S. military’s ability to meet its commitments.