Is the $150 billion VA budget part of the overall DoD budget of $600 billion?

Factual Questions
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Or is it separate? (rough numbers, obviously)

Defense spending breakdowns are hard to read through.

Thanks.

2

Short answer: no. They are separate departments with separate budgets.

There are a number of military-related expenses not included in the Department of Defense budget, with the VA being by far the largest.

3

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[li]Two separate Departments. [/li][li]Two different budgets.[/li][li]See for yourself about the proposed FY2015 budget.[/li][/ul]

4

Thanks, My dad is a vet and uses Tri-Care which apparently was affected by the sequester and defense cuts.