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Obama requests $83.4 billion more for war spending
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| Contributor | kal |
| Last Edited | kal Apr 10, 2009 06:43am |
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| Category | General |
| Media | Newspaper - Los Angeles Times |
| News Date | Friday, April 10, 2009 12:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | President Obama is seeking an additional $83.4 billion for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, a request that will drive the cost of the two wars to nearly $1 trillion since 2001.
The budget request, to cover operations for the remainder of 2009, comes on top of $67.2 billion approved last fall as a down payment for the year. However, the annual total, about $150 billion, is lower than the amount spent in 2008, after the conclusion of the U.S. troop "surge" in Iraq.
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