US congress approves $11 billion increase in defense spending

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The House Appropriations Committee approved a bill that would swell defense spending by $11 billion.

15 June,2011 06:50 am

The US Congress committee approved the legislation that would provide US$ 530 billion to the Pentagon out of which US$ 119 billion would be used for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.President Barack Obama requested a defence budget of US$ 657 billion but the approved bill provided was of US$ 649 hence the bill is approximately US$ 9 billion less than requested.Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Mike Rogers said that if Pakistan wants to be an ally of the United States then they would have to meet the demands of the US. He added that Pakistan was playing a dangerous game by collaborating with China.