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Not true. Pensions and Health care are one of our largest defense costs.
What I see here is $154b (personnel) out of $654b (total).
Military budget of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In fiscal year 2012 the governments in the United States are expected to spend about 39 percent of Gross Domestic Product. Most of the money goes for health care, education, pensions, defense, and welfare programs. Health care spending is split mainly between federal and state governments; education spending is mainly spent by local governments; pension spending is primarily the federal governments Social Security program.
USGovernmentSpending.com Current Spending Briefing
Here, you're referring to the breakdown of the entire budget. In your previous statement, you were talking about the pensions and health care within the defense budget.