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Tuesday 02 Feb 2016 - 18:58 Makkah mean time-23-4-1437
US Department of Defense (Pentagon), Virginia (Image from Internet)
Washington (IINA) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter will preview on Tuesday the Pentagon's plans for its 2017 budget, including extra cash to fight the so called Islamic State (Daesh) group, previously secret mini-drones and a beefed-up US presence in Europe's east.
Defense officials on Monday told AFP that the base budget for fiscal year 2017 is expected to be $524 billion, augmented by $59 billion for an "overseas contingency fund" to pay for ongoing military actions in Afghanistan and against IS.
One official said the budget includes $7 billion to fight IS terrorist group, an increase of about 35% over last year.
In a speech in Washington, another official said Carter will highlight the world's changing "threat environment”, including new risks presented by Russia since its 2014 annexation of Crimea and its subsequent support of pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Carter is due to give his speech early on Tuesday. The full Pentagon budget will be made public next week.
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