Budget Breakdown For 2012
| Defense-related expenditure | 2012 Budget request & Mandatory spending | Calculation |
| DOD spending | $707.5 billion | Base budget + "Overseas Contingency Operations" |
| FBI counter-terrorism | $2.9 billion | At least one-third FBI budget. |
| International Affairs | $5.6–$63.0 billion | At minimum, foreign arms sales. At most, entire State budget |
| Energy Department, defense-related | $21.8 billion | |
| Veterans Affairs | $70.0 billion | |
| Homeland Security | $46.9 billion | |
| NASA, satellites | $3.5–$8.7 billion | Between 20% and 50% of NASA's total budget |
| Veterans pensions | $54.6 billion | |
| Other defense-related mandatory spending | $8.2 billion | |
| Interest on debt incurred in past wars | $109.1–$431.5 billion | Between 23% and 91% of total interest |
| Total Spending | $1.030–$1.415 trillion |
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