The Cost Of War: Half A Trillion $$$$...

Associated Press:

The Pentagon is in the early stages of drafting a wartime request for up to $100-billion more for Iraq and Afghanistan, lawmakers say, a figure that would push spending related to the wars toward a staggering half-trillion dollars.

Reps. C.W. Bill Young, R-Indian Shores, chairman of the House appropriations defense panel, and John Murtha, D-Pa., senior Democrat on that subcommittee, say the military has informally told them it wants $80-billion to $100-billion in a war-spending package that the White House is expected to send Congress next year.

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