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This paper examines the state of the US Army's funding in relation to its needs as well as in relation to its historical proportion of the Defense Department budget. According to the author, advocates for increased defense spending have pointed out that spending for that sector, as a proportion of the gross domestic product, is at a historical low of 3-4 percent between 1997 and 2007, while opponents argue that the end of the Cold War justifies less of an investment in defense. He asks whether the army's relations with Congress are part of the problem in obtaining sufficient funding and concludes with recommendations of actions that the army leadership should take to procure additional funding for the army.