claim: says military expenditures for the united states are greater than the combined spending of the next 14 largest nations.
author: alan simpson
evidence_1: jan 13, 2016 ... we spend more on our military than the next eight nations combined. ... u.s.  expenditures were nearly three times higher than china, the ... while obama has  a point that u.s. defense spending is significantly larger than that of ... says the  united states spends more than the next seven countries combined.
evidence_2: may 7, 2018 ... the united states spends more on national defense than china, russia, saudi  arabia, india, france, united kingdom, and japan combined. ... devoted a larger  share of its economy to defense than many of its key allies. ... the pgpf chart  pack illustrates that budget-making involves many ... u.s. army.
evidence_3: feb 9, 2016 ... on a grand scale, the report showed – yet again – that u.s. military ... as much as  the next 14 countries put together and far larger than the rest of the world. ...  however, its own budget of $145.8 billion is less than a third of the u.s. budget. ...  said at the launch of the military balance 2016 report in london.
evidence_4: dec 9, 2011 ... the united states spent $728 billion on its military in 2010, about 45% of the ...  u.s. spending amounts to more than the next fourteen largest military spending  countries combined (bar chart). ... with or without the automatic cuts to defense  from the budget control act of 2011, the united states will remain ...
evidence_5: military spending is the second largest item in the federal budget after social  security. the united states spends more on defense than the next nine countries  combined. .... many in congress said the cuts jeopardize national security. ... is  greater than those of the next 10 largest government expenditures combined. it's  four ...