The issue focused on how the US military is spending its money, and why some of the spending isn't needed.

It comes in two parts. The budget includes spending on the National Defense Authorization Act and the defense department's research and development efforts. The first is a $1.1 trillion budget that Congress approved in October. That is the same amount of spending that the Pentagon says it will spend on everything from weapons to research to the military's research base, or research labs. The second is a $