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      --On the Frontline of Peace--
      The Departments of State and Defense

      "The breakup of the Soviet Union resulted in a drop in military spending but we did not make the concomitant expansion in our diplomatic budget that was required to maintain the peace."
      Bonnie R. Cohen, Under Secretary of State for Management
      International Affairs Budget
      (Program 150)      		National Defense Budget
      (Program 050)
      FY2001 Budget (Requested)$22.75 Billion*$305.4 Billion**
      Budget As Percent of Total Discretionary Spending3.6%49%
      FY2000 Budget (Approved)$22.2 Billion$293.3 Billion
      FY2000 Supplemental Spending Request$1.65 Billion (Plan Colombia, Kosovo, Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative)$9 Billion (Colombia, Kosovo, Natural Disaster Relief, Other)
      Employees 199926,000 (Including Foreign Nationals)1,385,600 (Active Duty)
      Employees Stationed Abroad15,000259,000 (Ashore & Afloat)
      *Foreign Operations Budget is $15.1 Billion and State Department's Operating Budget is $6.8 Billion with $.8 Billion in other accounts.
      **The Defense Department's Budget is $291.1 Billion and Department of Energy's Budget for nuclear weapons programs is $14.3 Billion.
      "Today is an historic reminder that America's ambassadors and diplomats and their staffs are granted no exemption from dangers while serving on the front lines of democracy."

      Secretary of Defense William Cohen while at Andrews Air Force Base Ceremony concerning the Return of Victims of the Embassy Bombings, August 13, 1998

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