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US War Spending to Rise 44% to $9.8 Billion a Month, Report
Says
By Jeff Bliss
Bloomberg.com
Friday 17 March 2006
US military spending in Iraq and Afghanistan will average 44
percent more in the current fiscal year than in fiscal 2005, the
nonpartisan Congressional Research Service said.
Spending will rise to $9.8 billion a month from the $6.8 billion a
month the Pentagon said it spent last year, the research service
said. The group's March 10 report cites "substantial" expenses to
replace or repair damaged weapons, aircraft, vehicles, radios and
spare parts.
It also figures in costs for health care, fuel, national
intelligence and the training of Iraqi and Afghan security forces -
"now a substantial expense," it said. The research service said it
considers "all war and occupation costs," while the Pentagon counts
just the cost of personnel, maintenance and operations...
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