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White House to seek a $54 billion increase in military spending
President Trump plans what he's calling an "historic" increase in military spending
President Trump plans what he's calling an "historic" increase in military spending. Also in the programme, Israel's holocaust museum asks Amazon to ban holocaust denying literature and how peace in Colombia has led to a baby boom among the FARC guerrillas.
(Photo: Two US Navy officers walk past the US Navy's new guided missile destroyer DDG 1000 USS Zumwalt. Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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