Requirements to Becoming a Notary Public. 1  You must be a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence. 2  You must be a resident or employed in the State of Illinois for at least 30 days. 3  You must be at least 18 years of age.  You must be able to read and write the English language.
The U.S. military budget is $824.1 billion. That's the budget for Fiscal Year 2018 which covers the period October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Military spending is the second largest federal government expenditure, after Social Security at $1 trillion. U.S. military spending is larger than the next nine countries combined. There are four components. First is the $574 billion base budget for the Department of Defense. Second is the Overseas Contingency Operations for DoD to fight ISIS ($64.6 billion). There's more to military spending than the Department of Defense. Many other agencies are involved with protecting our nation.
We emailed Shmuel Even, an expert of Israel's defense at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, who told us that Israel's up-to-date defense budget for 2012 is $15 billion, with 70 percent contributed by Israeli taxpayers, 21 percent coming from U.S. aid and 9 percent coming from Defense Ministry income.