America's defense budget exceeds $800 billion, but the real cost goes deeper. The True Cost of Defense follows quadruple-amputee veteran Travis Mills, military recruiters, families on overseas bases, and communities shaped by global military commitments. It reveals defense's most profound price: the human one—lives forever changed by service and America's role in world affairs.
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Special | 56m 46s | Peeling back layers of the U.S. defense budget reveals its deepest cost: the human one. (56m 46s)
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