Proposed Biden Defense Budget Names China as ‘Primary Strategic Challenge’

Proposed Biden Defense Budget Names China as ‘Primary Strategic Challenge’
U.S. President Joe Biden announces his Budget for Fiscal Year 2023 as Acting Office of Management and Budget director Shalanda Young listens in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on March 28, 2022. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images
John Haughey
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President Joe Biden’s proposed $813 billion national security spending request to Congress includes $773 billion in direct allocations for the U.S. military with significant boosts in funding designed to counter the growing military threat in the western Pacific presented by the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

“This will be among the largest investments in our national security in history. Some people don’t like the increase, but we’re in a different world today,” Biden said Monday while introducing his proposed $1.58 trillion fiscal year 2023 budget plan.

John Haughey
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John Haughey is an award-winning Epoch Times reporter who covers U.S. elections, U.S. Congress, energy, defense, and infrastructure. Mr. Haughey has more than 45 years of media experience. You can reach John via email at [email protected]
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