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House Budget Cmte. Hearing: The Growing Budgetary Costs of the Iraq War

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House Budget Committee hearing: The Growing Budgetary Costs of the Iraq War, Wednesday, October 24, 2007. Witness statements as follows:

  • Dr. Peter Orszag, Director, Congressional Budget Office: Testimony on Estimated Costs of U.S. Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and of Other Activities Related to the War on Terrorism
  • Testimony of Amy Belasco, Congressional Research Service: “…CRS estimates that Congress has provided about $651 billion to date for Iraq, Afghanistan and enhanced security at defense bases…”
  • Testimony of Professor Linda Bilmes, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University: “…the monthly total for the conflict [in Iraq and Afghanistan is]…an average of $14 billion…Department of Defense and accounting and reporting systems make it very difficult to know exactly where the money is being spent…”
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