Barak: Increase defense budget by NIS 7-8 billion
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Defense Minister Ehud Barak has called on the Knesset's Finance Committee to increase the defense budget frame by an additional NIS 7-8 billion ($2 billion) in the 2012 national budget.
Barak claims that only if the budget is increased will the country's security needs be managed in a "responsible way" while fulfilling part of the Trajtenberg recommendations. (Zvi Lavi)
