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It is true. The number you're looking at doesn't include all military spending. For example, it doesn't include the nuclear weapons programs, intelligence programs, veterans affairs, ...

https://www.defensebudget.org/en/country/united-states

The VA budget alone is over $400B, and the intelligence budget is _classified_.

So when we consider school spending it's important to count every penny but when we consider military spending we can just neglect vast swathes of spending?

They're asking for 1.5B right now