US budget: Is defence spending too important to cut?

The US Congress has begun poring over the details of President Obama's budget presented earlier this week.

The members of the House and Senate will have noticed that there are a few areas such as defence where government spending is to increase - despite the spiralling deficit.

Travis Sharp is a research associate at the Center for a New American Security in Washington and he says that defence spending is unlikely to be cut.

First broadcast 03 February 2010