Bush will include Iraq war in budget after 2006 elections -and media says?

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In a controversial move, a large portion of the funding for the troop increase will be paid out of supplemental funding in 2005 and 2006. The Pentagon will move those costs into its regular budget in 2007

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-02-14-bush-war-costs_x.htm

Bush asks for $82B extra,most of it for Pentagon(war total now past $300B)

By Dave Moniz, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — The White House asked Congress for $82 billion in special spending Monday, almost $75 billion of which would go to the Pentagon to help pay for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, fix broken equipment and increase the size of the Army in 2005.<snip>

In a controversial move, a large portion of the funding for the troop increase will be paid out of supplemental funding in 2005 and 2006. The Pentagon will move those costs into its regular budget in 2007. It has been criticized for putting the expenditure in supplemental requests, which are normally reserved for unanticipated war costs. The Bush administration unveiled its regular fiscal 2006 defense budget last week, seeking $419.3 billion.

The White House's new $75 billion request, coupled with $25 billion in supplemental funding Congress approved last year for Iraq and Afghanistan, would bring total 2005 spending for the two wars to about $100 billion.<snip>

Spratt (D-S.C) criticized the Bush administration for including costs in the supplemental spending request that he said should have been included in the regular budget, including the $5 billion to create the new Army brigades.

"This is not a good precedent," Spratt said.

"These supplementals understate our military spending and make it look smaller," he said.

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$36.3 billion for combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan
$5.7 billion for training Iraqi security forces
$3.3 billion for armoring vehicles and other "force protection"
$1.3 billion for training Afghan security forces
$950 million for tsunami aid
$780 million for international peacekeeping in Haiti and other nations
$658 million for a new U.S. Embassy in Baghdad
$400 million for allies in the war on terrorism and in Iraq and Afghanistan
$242 million for refugee aid in Sudan/Darfur
$200 million for the Palestinians
$150 million for Pakistan

Sources: The White House and Pentagon