Official press releases and news articles about this subject can be confusing because they toss around inconsistent numbers. There is the "Defense budget" (meaning the portion of the budget appropriated to the Department of Defense"), and there is the "military budget" (meaning the Defense budget plus the amount given to the Department of Energy for nuclear weapons and related activities). The FY2005 budget request amounts to $401.7 billion for the DoD plus $19 billion for DoE activities—$420.7 billion in all.