Department of Defense annual budget of nearly $400 billion (Center for Defense Info.)

More than the next 20 largest national defense budgets combined

France : $30 billion annual defense budget

• 1.4 million soldiers on active duty
• 654,000 civilians
• 1.2 million National Guard and Reserve Units
• 473,881 personnel overseas or afloat

Sources: For additional Country Data, please visit the following sites:

• CIA World Factbook: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
• U.S. National Parks Service: http://www.nps.gov/rivers/waterfacts.html#lengths
• U.S. Census Bureau: Details at: http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en
• U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm
• Factmonster.com: http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0108853.html
• U.S. Department of Defense: http://www.dod.gov/pubs/dod101/
• U.S. Department of Education: http://www.ed.gov/about/landing.jhtml