Restraint and US Foreign Policy

In 2012, the United States spent over $645 billion in defense while the next 15 countries spent a total of $640 billion combined. Is this what it takes to ensure our safety or are we spending too much on military and defense?

On October 29, 2014, Charles Koch Institute hosted a conversation with Barry R. Posen discussing the best way forward for U.S. foreign policy.

[floydhardee]

That is because we protect not only ourselves, but others as well, and then there is those $90 dollar hammers etc. They tend to run the cost up quite a lot!