What is the current annual advertising expenditure in the United
States? I am trying to compare it to the current DoD budget.

Hell Nopuppetstrings,

According to TNS Media Intelligence, total advertising expenditures in
the United States are expected to increase 5.4 percent in 2006 to
$152.3 billion. Therefore, in  the year 2005 total advertising
expenditures were $144.1 billion.

Excerpt:

?Total U.S. advertising spending is expected to increase 5.4 percent
in 2006 to $152.3 billion, according to the full-year forecast
released today by TNS Media Intelligence, the leading provider of
strategic advertising and marketing information. This solid increase
follows the estimated growth of 3.0 percent in 2005, as the U.S.
economy continues on a stable course.
While TNS Media Intelligence is forecasting 5.0 percent growth for the
first half of 2006, advertising expenditures are expected to increase
by 5.7 percent in the second half of the year.?

TNS Media Intelligence : January 18, 2006
http://www.tns-mi.com/news/01182006.htm



TNS Media Intelligence reports $104 billion in U.S. advertising
expenditures for first nine months of 2005

?Total advertising expenditures for the first nine months of 2005
increased 3.0 percent to $104.1 billion compared to the same time
period in 2004, according to data released today by TNS Media
Intelligence, the leading provider of strategic advertising and
marketing information.?

View tables of ad spending data by media for Jan-Sept. 2005 and ad
spending by category at the link below.
 
TNS Media Intelligence : December 7, 2005 
http://www.tns-mi.com/news/12072005.htm



United States Department of Defense
2005 Discretionary Budget Authority:$401.7 billion 

?President Bush committed to and has succeeded in steadily growing the
base budget of DOD from $296.8 billion when he took office to $401.7
billion in the 2005 Budget.?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2005/defense.html


United States Department of Defense
Budget: $419.3 billion (2006 official)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense


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I hope the information provided is helpful!

Best regards,
Bobbie7