The defense budget for fiscal 2008 that’s in various stages of congressional deliberation requests US$141.7 billion to fight terrorism including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, APA reports.
"If Congress approves these requests, total funding would reach about US$567 billion for Iraq, US$157 billion for Afghanistan" with the remainder for enhanced U.S. homeland security, CRS analyst Amy Belasco said in a July 16 report released yesterday.
Spending for the effort against terrorism since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks is on a course to reach US$758 billion after the House and Senate complete work on their respective bills and negotiators agree on a final version later this year, the report said.
The amount of money Congress has approved for Iraq spending increased to US$135.2 billion this fiscal year from US$53 billion in 2003, when the war began.
The CRS figures reflect what Congress has authorized for the Iraq war, though not all the money has been spent yet.
The Senate temporarily suspended debate yesterday on its version of the defense bill after Senate Republicans blocked a proposal to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq, prompting Democrats to put off consideration of more measures to end the war. Moreover US is planning to spend $29 billion on the military actions in through the world. According to “Washington Profile†$320 thousand was spent on each soldier in 2003 and this figure will reach $390 thousand in 2006./APA/
US spends $ 758 billion on Iraq and Afghanistan
26 July 2007 07:54 (UTC +04:00)
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