Three items dominate Obama's 2012 Budget

U.S. President Barack Obama responds to a question during a news conference at the White House in Washington February 15, 2011. REUTERS

Three items totaling about $2.4 trillion combine for nearly two thirds of President Barack Obama's proposed $3.7 trillion 2012 fiscal year budget.

The expenses for the departments and agencies under President Obama's purview listed as total, outlays on the budget includes mandatory spending required by law and discretionary spending, which the Obama administration can vary.

Spending expected for the Department of Health and Human Services is $892 billion. Spending for the Social Security Administration at $817 billion, and Defense Department spending at $707 billion.

An Overseas Contingency Operations expense of $118 billion includes a budget for military, diplomatic and related expenses, with most of it going to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq,

The remaining 19 items combined total is nearly $885 million.

See the main items of the Obama administration's proposed budget below.

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Item	Total, Outlays (in millions of dollars)
Dept. of Health and Human Services	892811
Social Security Administration	817144
Dept. of Defense	707467
Dept. of Agriculture	144014
Dept. of Veterans Affairs	124332
Afghanistan and Iraq - Overseas Contingency Operations	118000
Dept. of the Treasury	114507
Dept. of Labor	109026
Dept. of Education	70927
Dept. of State and Other International Programs	62609
Dept. of Housing and Urban Development	49399
Dept. of homeland Security	46913
Dept. of Energy	43089
Dept. of Justice	33151
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration	18174
Dept. of the Interior	13912
Dept. of Transportation	13431
Dept. of Commerce	13142
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency	9986
Corps of Engineers - Civil Works	8036
National Science Foundation	7906
Small Business Administration	1205
Corporation for National and Community Service	1111