U.S. President Barack Obama is asking the new Republican Congress for an unprecedented level of spending, according Pentagon officials.
The president wants a defense budget of 534 billion US dollars for 2016, which is 35 billion more than previously agreed automatic spending cuts, known as sequestration.
Nina-Maria Potts reports:
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