81.   The state has vowed to supplement the military budget to make up the shortfall.

82.   The trend has important implications for everything from military budgets to economic reform.

83.   The United States will be eager to hear how China proposes to spend its increased military budget.

84.   The US military budget is more than three times that amount.

85.   Then Congress, which has the final say on Pentagon spending, reviews both reports as it ponders the military budget.

86.   Though his state is heavily dependent on military spending, Andrews has used his position on the Armed Services Committee to support lower military budgets.

87.   Throughout the period, the Christian right wing, using such political devices as its Biblical Scorecard, was beating the drum for ever-larger military budgets.

88.   Thus far, the Pentagon has said nothing publicly beyond acknowledging that consolidation in the military industry is inevitable and necessary in light of the declining military budget.

89.   To put this figure in perspective, that amount would represent the third largest military budget in the world.

90.   To some, the complaints are political hyperbole aimed at persuading Congress to increase the military budget.