Yet the Pentagon this year requested funding for a 19th Trident and wants money for four more through 1994.

In 2012, the Pentagon requested $82 million to develop greater penetration power for the existing weapon.

The Pentagon requested $278.3 billion in spending for the fiscal 1992 budget year.

The Pentagon requested "water, food and other things we typically provide," according to an internal memo.

For example, a senior Pentagon official requested an unclassified report on "security awareness" with which to brief military contractors.

The Pentagon has requested $1.3 billion for the 1993 fiscal year.

The Pentagon must request extra money from Congress to pay for wars, peacekeeping operations and humanitarian missions.

The Pentagon had requested the report some time ago, he said, but he did not know exactly when.

The Pentagon never formally requested any extra money.

That is about $7 billion more than the Pentagon requested.