Donald Trump's first budget as President will call for a $54 billion dollar boost to defense spending - a 10 percent hike.
Mr Trump had campaigned on rebuilding what he called America's depleted military.
Trump said more details would come on Tuesday when he delivers his budget speech to a joint session of Congress.
Speaking at a White House breakfast attended by US state leaders the President described his proposed 2018 defense-spend as historic...
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President Trump said the multi-billion dollar military budget would be paid for by making cuts elsewhere...
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