Exclusive: Biden to seek more than $770 billion in 2023 defense budget, sources say

By Reuters Posted on February 16, 2022

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden salutes as he arrives on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden salutes a Marine as he arrives on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House following a trip to Delaware, in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 6, 2022. REUTERS/Al Drago/File Photo

By Mike Stone

President Joe Biden is expected to ask Congress for a U.S. defense budget exceeding $770 billion for the next fiscal year as the Pentagon seeks to modernize the military, according to three sources familiar with the negotiations, eclipsing the record budget requests by former President Donald Trump.

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