The Final War Supplemental: $83.4 Billion « The Washington Independent
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As part of President Obama and Defense Secretary Bob Gates’ pledge for a more responsible Pentagon budget process, the practice of funding the costs of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars — something that obscures the true defense bill — is coming to an end, but not before a final supplemental that covers the rest of war operations for fiscal 2009. From a letter the president sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) yesterday:
“„[T]oday I send to the Congress a supplemental appropriations request totaling $83.4 billion that will fund our ongoing military, diplomatic, and intelligence operations. Nearly 95 percent of these funds will be used to support our men and women in uniform as they help the people of Iraq to take responsibility for their own future — and work to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The rest of the money will fund a variety of defense and international efforts that will help to use all the elements of our power to confront the threats to our security — from securing loose nuclear weapons to combating fear and want under repressive regimes.
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