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  Until that occurs defense spending received about 16% ($602 billion).
  "Defense and international security assistance: Another 16 percent of the budget, or $602 billion, paid for defense and security-related international activities.  The bulk of the spending in this category reflects the underlying costs of the Defense Department.  The total also includes the cost of supporting operations in Afghanistan and other related activities, described as Overseas Contingency Operations in the budget, funding for which totaled $74 billion in 2015." https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-budget/policy-basics-where-do-our-federal-tax-dollars-go