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Pentagon's $401.7 Billion Budget Request Would Help Fund New Aircraft Carriers.

By David Lerman, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Feb. 3--WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon's 2005 budget request would help modernize the Army, give troops a 3.5 percent pay raise and make another down payment on a next-generation aircraft carrier.

The $401.7 billion spending plan, a 7 percent increase over last year's request, fails to include any new money for ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. As much as $50 billion in extra funding could be requested midway through the new fiscal year, Defense Department official

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