With the enactment of fiscal year 2007 appropriations, Congress has approved a total of about $378.5 billion for military operations initiated since the 9/11 attacks. According to the Congressional Research Service, this number will continue to escalate over the next several years. The cost of Operation Iraqi Freedom alone cost American taxpayers $2.5 billion in 2001 and 2002, $51 billion in 2003, $77.3 billion in 2004, $87.3 billion in 2005, and $104.2 billion in 2006. You see a trend here. The cost of the war continues to go up.
Deborah Koff Ross: “With the enactment of fiscal year 2007 appropriations, Congress has approved a total of about $378.5 billion for…”
On the recordApril 24, 2007
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Discussing the escalating costs of military operations since the 9/11 attacks.
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