CLC Pricetag So Far: $123 Million

<p>Also, <a title="on the Concerned Local Citizens front" id="obbw" href="../../../view/concern-over">on the Concerned Local Citizens front</a>, it’s been clear for quite some time that we’ve been paying these tribal fighters and ex-insurgents not to fight us. But how much money have we spent, exactly, to date? That’s never been clear as far as I know, until today.</p>

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According to Adm. Gregory Smith and Col. Donald &quot;Bits&quot; Bacon of <a title="Multinational Force-Iraq" id="ub_y" href="http://www.mnf-iraq.com/">Multinational Force-Iraq</a>, we’ve spent $123 million on the CLC program since it started in (roughly) the spring of 2007. I’ll be the first to admit I thought the CLC program would total <i>way</i> more than this. But what happens when the money runs out?</p>