Iraq War Funding

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Senator Tom Coburn: Accidental Ironist

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Jason Linkins   |   May 6, 2008 12:04 PM


Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn, noted frenemy of Senator Barack Obama and one-man distant early warning system of the Coming Lesbian Panic, wrote an op-ed in yesterday's Washington Times roundly criticizing, of all things, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. In...

House Bill Would Restrict US Funding For Iraq Reconstruction

AP   |  ANNE FLAHERTY   |   May 6, 2008


WASHINGTON — A House bill to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan this year would press Baghdad to match every dollar the US spends on reconstruction projects worth more than $750,000, as well as training and equipping its...

Election Systems Upgrade: Money's Gone To Iraq

James Freedman | Posted April 24, 2008 | Off The Bus


James Freedman

This article is not about the absurd complexity of our current election system, although that topic is just as worthy of consideration. It is about exploring the possibility that we severely underfund the election process in the United States, leading to myriad potential and actual problems, while...

Senators Slam White House Over Budget Priorities

Huffington Post   |   April 20, 2008 07:44 PM


Senators Barbara Mikulski and Pat Murray blasted White House budget czar over spending priorities during a Senate Appropriations Committee meeting on Wednesday. Think Prorgress reports: One of the most combative moments came when Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) chastised Nussle for...
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$3 Trillion Campaign Reveals The Cost Of Quagmire

HuffingtonPost.com   |  Jason Linkins   |   April 15, 2008 12:11 PM


Three trillion dollars is a lot of money. So much that it's hard to get your head around. You shouldn't feel bad about it, after all, John McCain can't seem to grasp the finer points of such a large amount...

Play $3 Trillion Spending Spree! How Would You Spend Iraq War Money?

Brave New Films   |  Robert Greenwald   |   April 14, 2008 05:55 PM


The occupation of Iraq will cost $3 trillion, America's most expensive conflict since WWII. Can YOU spend that money better? Here's your chance to go on a virtual $3 trillion shopping spree and prove it!...

The Only Question For General Petraeus That Might Actually End The War

James Boyce and Paul Abrams | Posted April 7, 2008 | Politics


James Boyce and Paul Abrams

Several articles have appeared with superb questions for General Petraeus when he appears before the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees this week, seeking the next $100B dollop of cash for this debacle. These are geared to getting admissions from Petraeus about what is really happening, or what the...

Contractor Self Arrest: How Realistic Is This?

Dina Rasor | Posted April 5, 2008 | Politics


Dina Rasor

The co-author of my book, Betraying Our Troops: The Destructive Results of Privatizing War, has an interesting take on the DOD relying on contractors to report their own fraud. Robert Bauman is a former DCIS (Defense Criminal Investigative Service) investigator and is a Certified Fraud Examiner. Here is...

Basra Cease-Fire Shows Talking to Iran Could Save Lives Immediately

Robert Naiman | Posted April 2, 2008 | Politics


Robert Naiman

Soon Gen. Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker are expected to testify before Congress about Iraq. This is the prelude to what may be the last major battle over funding of and conditions on the Iraq War in the current Administration. When Petraeus and Crocker testify, Members of Congress should press them...

Iraq War Costlier Than All US Wars Except WWII

San Francisco Chronicle   |  Zachary Coile   |   March 18, 2008 12:56 PM


It was supposed to be a quick war and a cheap one. Five years later, 160,000 U.S. troops are still in Iraq. And the costs keep piling up - $12 billion every month - putting a strain on an already...

A Responsible Plan

Chellie Pingree | Posted March 15, 2008 | Politics


Chellie Pingree

In the five years since the United States invaded Iraq, nearly 4,000 American troops have lost their lives, 27,000 more have been injured and maybe as many as a million Iraqis have died. And we learned last week the cost of the war might exceed $3 trillion....

Studies: Iraq Costs US $12B Per Month

AP   |  CHARLES J. HANLEY   |   March 10, 2008


The flow of blood may be ebbing, but the flood of money into the Iraq war is steadily rising, new analyses show. In 2008, its sixth year, the war will cost approximately $12 billion a month, triple the "burn" rate...

Murtha And The Cost Of The War

Washington Post   |  Walter Pincus   |   February 11, 2008 09:03 AM


One longtime House member's views of the hidden costs of the war in Iraq are worth studying -- when the congressman is Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.), chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee on defense. Murtha was a Marine officer...

Bush Defies Ban on Permanent Bases in Iraq

Moira Mack | Posted January 30, 2008 | Politics


Moira Mack

There's new evidence that President Bush has no intention of ending the United States' involvement in Iraq. On Monday, when he signed the fiscal year 2008 defense authorization bill into law, Bush also issued a "signing statement" claiming he reserved the right to disregard a section that bars funding for...

DOD Wants $70 Billion More for Wars

AP   |  ANNE FLAHERTY   |   January 28, 2008


WASHINGTON — The White House will ask Congress next week for another $70 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an amount that would help cover operational costs only until early next year when the next administration takes over....

Hidden Costs to the War in Iraq -- The Problems We Face

Rep. John Murtha | Posted January 28, 2008 | Politics


Rep. John Murtha

I make routine visits to our troops in the field and to those recovering at our military hospitals. I'm inspired by their service and dedication to this great country. But, the America they serve and protect today is far different than the America that existed prior to the U.S. invasion...

US War Costs Increased Significantly In 2007

Reuters   |  Richard Cowan   |   January 23, 2008 05:51 PM


The Iraq war may not dominate U.S. news reports as the carnage drops, but a new report underscores the financial burden of persistent combat that is helping run up the government's credit card. "Funding for U.S. operations in Iraq and...

Anti-War Groups Retreat On Funding Fight

Politico   |  Ryan Grim   |   January 17, 2008 04:40 PM


After a series of legislative defeats in 2007 that saw the year end with more U.S. troops in Iraq than when it began, a coalition of anti-war groups is backing away from its multimillion-dollar drive to cut funding for the...

Saddam's American Victims Blast Bush Over Iraq Veto

The Hill   |  Walter Alarkin and Roxan Tiron   |   January 15, 2008 08:52 AM


Lawyers for American victims of Saddam Hussein's crimes during the first Gulf War are pressing Congress not to give in to a Bush administration pocket veto of the defense authorization bill. After complaints from the Iraqi government, Bush vetoed the...

On Iraq: Will LBJ's War Become Nixon's War?

John Bruhns | Posted January 11, 2008 | Politics


John Bruhns

From the very beginning the war in Iraq has been a complete military blunder. It started off with the blatant lies the Bush Administration sold to the American people as a necessity for war. The opinions of military commanders regarding the inevitable disastrous outcome were

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