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| President | Year | Military Spending
(billions) |
Annual Debt
Added (billions) |
Presidential Term
Military Spending (billions) | Presidential Term
Total Debt (billions) |
Truman | 1949 | 144.2 | 0.5 |
| 1950 | 141.2 | 5 | |||
| 1951 | 224.3 | -2 | |||
| 1952 | 402.1 | 4 | 911.8 | 7.5 | |
| Eisenhower | 1953 | 442.3 | 7 | ||
| 1954 | 420.9 | 4 | |||
| 1955 | 376.9 | 3 | |||
| 1956 | 356.2 | -2 | |||
| 1957 | 360.9 | -2 | |||
| 1958 | 352.9 | 6 | |||
| 1959 | 352.5 | 8 | |||
| 1960 | 344.3 | 2 | 3006.9 | 26 | |
| Kennedy | 1961 | 344.0 | 2 | ||
| 1962 | 363.4 | 10 | |||
| 1963 | 368.0 | 7 | |||
| Johnson | 1964 | 364.4 | 6 | 1439.8 | 25 |
| 1965 | 333.1 | 6 | |||
| 1966 | 356.2 | 2 | |||
| 1967 | 412.0 | 7 | |||
| 1968 | 449.3 | 21 | 1550.6 | 36 | |
| Nixon | 1969 | 438.1 | 6 | ||
| 1970 | 406.3 | 17 | |||
| 1971 | 370.6 | 28 | |||
| 1972 | 343.8 | 29 | |||
| 1973 | 313.3 | 31 | |||
| Ford | 1974 | 299.7 | 17 | ||
| 1975 | 293.3 | 58 | |||
| 1976 | 283.8 | 97 | 2748.9 | 283 | |
| Carter | 1977 | 286.2 | 78 | ||
| 1978 | 286.5 | 73 | |||
| 1979 | 295.6 | 55 | |||
| 1980 | 303.4 | 81 | 1171.7 | 287 | |
| Reagan | 1981 | 317.4 | 90 | ||
| 1982 | 339.4 | 145 | |||
| 1983 | 366.7 | 235 | |||
| 1984 | 381.7 | 195 | |||
| 1985 | 405.4 | 251 | |||
| 1986 | 426.6 | 302 | |||
| 1987 | 427.9 | 225 | |||
| 1988 | 426.4 | 252 | |||
| Bush I | 1989 | 427.7 | 255 | ||
| 1990 | 409.7 | 380 | |||
| 1991 | 358.1 | 332 | |||
| 1992 | 379.5 | 399 | 4666.5 | 3061 | |
| Clinton | 1993 | 358.6 | 347 | ||
| 1994 | 338.6 | 281 | |||
| 1995 | 321.6 | 281 | |||
| 1996 | 307.4 | 251 | |||
| 1997 | 305.3 | 189 | |||
| 1998 | 296.7 | 113 | |||
| 1999 | 298.4 | 130 | |||
| 2000 | 311.7 | 18 | 2538.3 | 1610 | |
| Bush II | 2001 | 307.8 | 133 | ||
| 2002 | 328.7 | 421 | |||
| 2003 | 404.9 | 555 | |||
| 2004 | 455.9 | 596 | |||
| 2005 | 495.3 | 553 | |||
| 2006 | 535.9 | 574 | |||
| 2007 | 527.4 | 501 | 3055.9 | 3333 |
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