Trends in Defense Spending Source: Office of Management and Budget,Budget

question 10

Multiple Choice

Trends in defense spending Source: Office of Management and Budget,Budget of the United States Government,Fiscal Year 2017: Historical Tables
(Washington,DC: U.S.Government Printing Office,2016) ,Table 3.1.
NOTE: Data for 2016 and 2017 are estimates.
-During which of the following events did U.S.military spending comprise the highest percentage of federal spending?

• A)the Vietnam War
• B)the Reagan administration -Consider This: Defense spending was high during this period,but not the highest.
• C)the war in Iraq
• D)the war in Afghanistan

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