Hidden in the Pentagon budget

 Think Progress

$24 million: The amount available to for construction and property acquisition at the Guantanamo Bay detention center.

Obama first promised to close Guantanamo before he was elected president. Now as his second term draws to a close, more funding is being made available for the detention center, but this defense bill would explicitly bar the transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees to U.S. federal prisons.

$351 million: The amount available to Israel in order to enhance and expand its “Iron Dome” rocket defense system.

This allocation would double the amount offered to Israel for its defense system last year.

$2.9 billion: The amount available to the Afghanistan Ministry of Defense.

This is down from $5.8 billion which was allocated to the country’s defense department last year. The United States will only have a maximum of 10,000 troops in Afghanistan by the end of this year as part of its security agreement with Afghanistan.

$1.6 billion: The amount available to “train and equip” Iraqi security forces.

The passage of this bill will offer allow for supplies and support as well as stipends to go to Kurdish and tribal security forces in addition to Iraqi troops.

$75 million: The amount available to support the government of Ukraine.

Not a single mention was made of Ukraine in the last defense spending bill, but with nearly 4,500 killed in the conflict there since April, a lot has changed in a year.