Leon Panetta expected to recommend smaller-than-anticipated increases in military pay . Panetta steps up rhetoric about impact on Pentagon if automatic spending cuts take effect . TL;DR The Defense Department is set to receive a $487 billion budget for fiscal year 2012, the largest increase since World War II. It 's not the first time both the administration and congressional Republicans have tried to call each other 's bluff over the spending cuts . Two Republicans propose alternative to cuts in order to protect the military .
Leon Panetta expected to recommend smaller-than-anticipated increases in military pay . Panetta steps up rhetoric about impact on Pentagon if automatic spending cuts take effect . TL;DR The Defense Department is set to receive a $487 billion budget for fiscal year 2012, the largest increase since World War II. Two Republicans propose alternative to cuts in order to protect the military .