imageWASHINGTON: Military intelligence programs account for $16.8 billion of the Pentagon's overall $583 billion budget request for fiscal 2017, the U.S. Defense Department said on Tuesday.

The sum includes funds in the base budget and a separate war funding budget.

A Pentagon spokeswoman said no additional details on military intelligence programs would be released since they remained classified for national security reasons.

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