claim: "the u.s. spends more money on its military than the 16 biggest military budgets in the world" combined.
author: anissa naouai
evidence_1: may 7, 2018 ... the united states spends more on national defense than china, russia, saudi  arabia, india, france, united kingdom, and japan combined. ... and fiscal  outlook of the u.s. government within a broad economic, political, and ...
evidence_2: jan 13, 2016 ... president barack obama defended american might in the face of ... "let me tell  you something: the united states of america is the most powerful nation on  earth. ... barack obama on tuesday, january 12th, 2016 in his 2016 state of ...  we spend more on our military than the next eight nations combined.".
evidence_3: mar 2, 2017 ... the us spends more on its military than the next 7 countries combined. ... the  us is by far the world's biggest military power. ... when it comes to spending as a  share of gdp, the united states' huge output naturally brings it ...
evidence_4: feb 9, 2018 ... in 2016, as the world's biggest military spender, the united states racked up a  larger outlay ($611bn) than the next eight countries combined, according to ...  the us “spends more on national defense than china, saudi arabia, ... where  us troops have been stationed continuously for more than 16 years, ...
evidence_5: the military budget is the portion of the discretionary united states federal  budget allocated to ... the percentage of the total u.s. federal budget spent on  defense is indicated in ... the department of defense's budget was $680 billion,  $16 billion more than ..... fiscal year 2012 u.s. federal spending – cash or  budget basis.