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02/03/2006
Budget Request to Include Funds for Iraq, Afghanistan
Operations
By Steven Donald Smith
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2006 - A $70 billion supplemental fund for
ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan will be part of the
administration's fiscal 2007 budget request set to be delivered to
Congress Feb. 6, officials said yesterday.
"The president has committed to ensuring that our military forces
have not only what they need, but they have it in the quantities
that they need to be successful in prosecuting the military
components of the war on terror," Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Defense Bryan Whitman said during a teleconference. Joel Kaplan,
deputy director of the White House Office of Management and Budget,
also took part in the call.
The supplement "is essential for our military forces to be able to
continue their operations, to continue to carry out the strategy in
Iraq ... to train and equip the security forces that will allow
them to continue to take over greater and greater responsibility,
and for us to, as we hand over responsibility, take more of a
supporting role, a training role, and eventually be able to reduce
our numbers," Whitman said.
The $70 billion is in addition to the $50 billion supplemental
spending authority contained in the defense bill passed in
December, bringing the total fiscal 2006 expenditure for military
operations in Iraq and Afghanistan to $120 billion, Kaplan
said.
The $70 billion is an estimate, not a final number, Whitman said.
"We'll have better granularity at the time that (the budget) gets
transmitted to the Congress," he said.
The officials also estimated another $50 billion emergency
allowance will be needed to cover operational expenses in Iraq and
Afghanistan during the first part of fiscal 2007.
"This is in anticipation of a bridge fund like the Congress
provided in the fiscal year 2006 DoD appropriations bill," Kaplan
said. "That's essentially a plug number to make sure, again, that
we're reflecting ongoing costs." He promised to send forward a
detailed request on that allowance later this spring.
Kaplan said the total cost of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan to
date has been about $320 billion.
He explained that there are three distinct parts to the $70 billion
supplemental.
"The first ... is for military operations and intelligence," he
said. "Those costs constitute the major portion of the supplemental
request and cover such items as pay and benefits for reservists,
war-related benefits for the active-duty military, fuel, spare
parts, logistics -- all of the normal operations elements."
The second component will be for repairing and replacing equipment,
and to fund "new resources to protect our troops against roadside
bombs and makeshift improvised explosive devices that have been a
major source of casualties," Kaplan said.
The final portion will go toward "stabilization support and embassy
operations in Iraq and Afghanistan," he said. "The supplemental
will include ... funds to operate the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, as
well as programs critical to combating the insurgency and
sustaining the transition to Iraqi political, economic and security
self-reliance."
The supplemental funds also will be used for more training of the
Iraqi and Afghan security forces, Kaplan added.
Office of Management and Budget
[http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/]
02/03/2006
CONTRACTS from the United States Department of Defense
Rockwell Collins Inc., Government Systems, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is
being awarded a $102,000,000 indefinite delivery/requirements
type/firm fixed price contract modification. This modification will
raise the estimated amount of the requirement contract to
$150,000,000. The period of performance and scope remains
unchanged. The basic contract is for High Frequency Global
Communication System (HFGCS) stations, installation/testing,
training, engineering support, and data for the High Frequency
Global Communication System radio system. The location of
performance is Rockwell Collins Inc., Iowa, (15%) and Rockwell
Collins, Government Systems, Richardson, Texas, (85%). At this
time, no funds have been obligated. Solicitation began in August
2005 with seven proposals received. Negotiations were complete in
January 2006. This work will be complete by December 2011.
Headquarters 542nd Combat Sustainment Wing, Robins Air Force Base,
Ga., is the contracting activity (FA8533-06-D-0003).
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