The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is expanding the military budget enormously. Pentagon spending is set to hit levels not seen since the height of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The national military budget that President Joe Biden is expected to approve this week comes to a whopping $858 billion.
That's $45 billion more than even Biden was requesting, and it's a 10 percent increase over last year's $778 billion authorization. (You can find a summary of NDAA-approved spending here.)
