Pentagon earmarks $17.5 bln for secret military research


	Pentagon earmarks $17.5 bln for secret military research

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8-30-2007 12:27 PM

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                Pentagon earmarks $17.5 bln for secret military research, development
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                    </FONT><P><FONT id="Zoom">    WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Pentagon is expected to spend 17.5 billion U.S. dollars in secret military research and development programs in the next fiscal year starting Oct. 1, the Defense News reported on Thursday. 
</FONT></P><P><FONT id="Zoom">    The expenditure will mark the Pentagon's largest outlay in such secret programs to date, according to the report. 
</FONT></P><P><FONT id="Zoom">    In all, the secret programs will comprise 23 percent of the 75.1 billion dollars the Pentagon plans to spend on all research and development projects in the fiscal year 2008. 
</FONT></P><P><FONT id="Zoom">    Spending on secret research and development is only part of the "black budget" the Pentagon has requested for 2008. 
</FONT></P><P><FONT id="Zoom">    The military also wants 14.4 billion dollars for buying classified weapons and other equipment.</FONT></P></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/5A544D01-1038-4086-B12A-A4F577AFF7A2/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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