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Trump's budget blueprint boosts defense spending

President Trump outlined a spending plan Monday that aims to fulfill campaign promises.

Aired 02/27/2017 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

Trump's budget blueprint boosts defense spending

Clip: 2/27/2017 | 4m 45s

President Trump outlined a spending plan Monday that aims to fulfill campaign promises.

President Trump outlined a spending plan on Monday to fulfill his campaign promise to dramatically beef up defense spending by 10 percent, and to cut spending by federal agencies by $54 billion. Budget officials said proposals for taxes and programs like Social Security and Medicare will come later. John Yang reports.

Aired 02/27/2017 | Rating NR

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