The Budget For U.S. National Security Is Actually $1 Trillion For 2016

Photo: Gabriella Demczuk /New York Times

David Axe, War Is Boring: America’s Real National Security Budget — A Trillion Dollars a Year

You’ve got to count nukes, veterans and the Coast Guard

WNU Editor: The Department of Energy is responsible for a part of America's nuclear arsenal .... something that is also not in the U.S. Defense budget. So yes .... the budget for America's national security budget is far greater than what the Pentagon spends.