2007 United States federal budget

While the Congress has the constitutional "power of the purse", the President and his appointees play a major role in budget deliberations.

Senior congressional leaders have contended that those war costs, as much as possible, should go through the regular budget process, which provides for greater transparency.

CBO has estimated that "war-related defense activities" in 2007 were "roughly $115 billion.

"[11] The total requested military budget of the United States for 2007 was $699 billion.

This department is responsible for the four branches - the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps.