Pentagon to Request Billions More in War Money

[BellisimaJ.]

From the NY Times:

Pentagon to Request Billions More in War Money

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 — The Pentagon is seeking nearly $100 billion for operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, a request that, if approved by Congress, would set an annual record for war-related spending.
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The $99.7 billion request, detailed in a 17-page internal Defense Department memorandum dated Dec. 7, would be in addition to $70 billion appropriated in September. The request would push the total for the 2007 fiscal year to nearly $170 billion, 45 percent more than Congress provided for 2006.

The request is likely to receive more scrutiny from Congress next year than previous supplemental spending bills, in part because Democrats now control both the House and Senate. Another reason for the scrutiny is that Pentagon officials encouraged the services to ask for “costs related to the longer war against terror,” not just continuing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a memorandum that became public earlier this year.

About $50 billion — most of the money — would go to the Army, which is conducting the bulk of the operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/30/washin...udget.html

[thentavius]

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3000 US dead
Iraqi Coalition Casualty Count

website: http://www.icasualties.org/oif/
Includes US,UK,and others casualty counts, wounded, Iraqi security forces and civilian deaths.

[bargainbloodhound]

nearly $100 billion...for war-related spending

My 'selfish' comment:

In 2005, 46.6 million people were without health insurance coverage including me, up from 45.3 million people in 2004

source: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/h...05asc.html