[AbstractFactor]

The military budget listed there is lower than the military budget, as it does not count veteran's benefits as military budget. It does not count interest paid this year on military spending debt accumulated last year (or in any previous year) as military spending. It has to strictly limit the definition of what military spending is to get as low as the cited number.

[enkid]

Totally unrelated to the discussion. VA budget and the DoD budget are different line items and this is not what the OP was talking about, so does not matter in this context.