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War Is Hell: One Week at War in Iraq and Afghanistan for $3.5 Billion
William D. Hartung writes for TomDispatch.com: "So, perhaps you're wondering, what does that $3.5 billion per week actually pay for? And how would we even know? The Bush administration submits a supplemental... ...
Iraq War "Caused Slowdown in the US"
The Australian's Peter Wilson writes: "The Iraq war has cost the US 50-60 times more than the Bush administration predicted and was a central cause of the sub-prime banking crisis threatening the world... ...
Recipes for Disaster in Iraq
Tom Engelhardt and Frida Berrigan write for TomDispatch.com: "In other words, in honor of the soon-to-arrive fifth anniversary of his war without end, the President has offered a formula for economic success... ...
Aging Air Force wants big bucks fix
Port Clinton News Herald 02/19/08 Air Force officials are warning that unless their budget is increased dramatically, and soon, the military’s high-flying branch won’t dominate the skies as it has for... ...
333,000 US Casualties: Are They Covered?
Truthout's Maya Schenwar reports: "The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will treat about 333,000 sick and injured veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars in 2009, according to VA statistics released... ...
Bush Budget Cuts Fire Money
The Associated Press and East Oregonian report that "President Bush's 2009 budget plan would slash money for fire prevention and preparedness in the wake of last fall's devastating wildfires in California,... ...
Bush Keeps War Cost Under Wraps
Truthout's Maya Schenwar reports: "President Bush's 2009 federal budget, released Monday, does not declare how much funding the administration expects to need for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan next... ...
Full cost excluded on Iraq, Afghanistan
Bush asked for $70 billion as an "emergency allowance" for war costs for the first part of the budget year, which begins Oct. 1. The White House said it would request more - probably at least another $100... ...
Federal Deficits Soaring Higher, Menacing the Future
Kevin G. Hall, of McClatchy Newspapers, writes: "President Bush took office in 2001 with a budget surplus, but his final budget proposal envisions federal deficits of more than $400 billion a year for... ...
Pentagon won't detail war spending plan
When the Pentagon unveils its budget request Monday for the next fiscal year, it will back away from a commitment it made to Congress just a year ago -- to estimate how much the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan... ...