Senate Passes Pentagon Budget, War Funding Bill As Tally For Afghanistan And Iraq Hits $1T

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Source: AP/CBS

Senate Passes Pentagon Budget, War Funding Bill As Tally For Afghanistan And Iraq Hits $1T

(AP) As President Barack Obama weighs major shifts in strategy in the deteriorating mission in Afghanistan, the Senate on Tuesday passed a bill bringing the total U.S. tab for that war to about $300 billion.

The $626 billion measure, passed 93-7, also would ban outright any transfer of accused enemy combatants from the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention facility into the United States. Current law permits transfer of detainees to face trial or go to prison.

The underlying bill combines $128 billion for overseas military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan with $498 billion for the rest of the Defense Department's budget. An analysis by congressional researchers puts the tally for Afghanistan at about $300 billion and for Iraq at more than $700 billion since Sept. 11, 2001 _ totaling more than $1 trillion.

This winter, Obama approved 21,000 more troops to Afghanistan, which would bring the total number of U.S. forces there to 68,000 by the end of the year. The Pentagon bill approved Tuesday funds that deployment.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/13/ap/congress/main5382718.shtml

[fascisthunter]

1. fuck no!

what a dumb ass, selfish, arrogant government we have.

[saigon68]

9. The present occupant has sold out to the War Mongers

Seniors with no medicine, 34 million on food stamps. Ya that's what we need.

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[Autumn]

2. Tell me we can't afford

health care.:nuke: Assholes.

[Jkid]

4. We can

Congress priorities are fucked up.

[Autumn]

5. Totally fucked up,

Welcome to DU.:hi: They cry poverty when it comes to what Americans need, but they sure can afford to pay to put our troops in a position to die and they sure as hell don't care about civilian deaths.

[Jkid]

11. I'm actually been in DU for almost a year.

My first anniversary on DU will occur on October 22, 2009. But thanks anyway.

[Jkid]

3. Has the bill passed the House of Represenatives yet?

We can't afford another year of war. It's time to go.

[high density]

6. So Guantanamo Bay remains for the indefinite future

Can't blame Obama for this one.

[ejpoeta]

7. can someone please explain to me where are all the people bitching about

how are we going to pay for healthcare reform asking how are we going to pay for the war!!

[humbled_opinion]

8. This is the definition of insanity.

ENOUGH !!!!!

[Amonester]

10. Everything to the Empire (to those who profit from it...)

And nothing to the people (to those who pay for it, down to their grandchildren).

Way to go (DOWNER).

[Grinchie]

12. I feel much safer now -- Now excuse me while I prepare a Kethcup Sandwich

Actually that is just sarcasm, but I do know that a lot of people will be eating that for dinner tonight, if they can afford the bread loaded with "Dough Enhancer".