Pentagon seeks 526.6 bln dollars for fiscal year 2014

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel testifies before the House Armed Services Committee during a hearing on the fiscal year 2014 national defense authorization budget request from the Department of Defense, on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, April 11, 2013. U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday proposed a 526.6-billion-dollar base budget for the Defense Department in fiscal year 2014, as the Pentagon struggles to provide funds for its strategic rebalance to the Asia Pacific amid mandatory budget cuts. (Xinhua/Zhang Jun)