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The Obama administration is seeking a record $708 billion for the Defense Department in fiscal 2011, as the U.S. military continues to wrestle with a mounting bill for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan while trying to better equip itself for small-scale conflicts.
The budget request released Monday reflects Defense Secretary Robert Gates’s drive to bolster the Pentagon’s unconventional-warfare capabilities, which are in high demand in today’s operations. That means increasing funding for programs such as unmanned aerial vehicles, which are being used in Afghanistan and Pakistan. At the same time, Mr. Gates is seeking to reduce or eliminate more ambitious high-tech weapons systems that he feels are a drain on financial resources.