The US Senate on Friday approved budget of the Ministry of Defence for 2013 worth $ 633 billion, a figure that is relatively close to that proposed by President Barack Obama.
The year 2013 and the budget is the budget for fiscal year ongoing (started in the first of October), was approved by a majority of 81 votes to 14, the Senate approved the budget by the day after the approval in the House, which means it awaits the President's signature them to become effective.
In addition to the usual cover expenses of the army, the budget provided for the tightening of economic sanctions on Iran, and the allocation of more funds to finance the war in Afghanistan, more American troops and published in several regions of the world.
The White House has threatened last month to veto " veto" against the draft budget of the Pentagon's Law, because it contained clauses restricting freedom of the president in making some decisions , such as action that would prevent another year the US government to transfer prisoners from Guantanamo to the outside, which means practically prevent the launching of released or deported or extradited to their country .
Monitors project budget allocations funding bill to send additional US troops to US embassies and diplomatic missions around the world to protect them, and in response to the attack on September 11 last US Consulate in Benghazi that killed four Americans, one of them employees ambassador.
The adoption of both houses of Congress the budget bill this rare collaboration between the two parties, the Republican-controlled Senate, and the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives, as taking place weeks difficult negotiations between the two parties since the adoption of ten-year plan to reduce the public deficit of the country,
but the time passed without reaching common ground between them, no longer in front of them, but less than 10 days to spare the country fall into the "fiscal cliff" early next year.
And the " fiscal cliff ," the term means go into effect automatically beginning in January 2013 proceedings if Congress did not reach the White House prior to this date an agreement in this regard , and includes automatic actions raising taxes and cutting public spending , threatening the sinking of the first economy in the world in recession again .