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NY Slimes: Next Years War Costs Estimated at $170 Billion or More
The military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan could cost $170 billion in the next fiscal year over and above the $515.4 billion regular Pentagon budget that President Bush has proposed, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said on Wednesday.Mr. Gates gave that estimate in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee after cautioning the panel that any estimate would be dicey, given the unpredictability of war. Well, a straight-line projection, Mr. Chairman, of our current expenditures would probably put the full-year cost in a strictly arithmetic approach at about $170 billion, Mr. Gates said in response to questions from Senator Carl Levin, the Michigan Democrat who is the head of the committee. Posted by: gorb 2008-02-11 |
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