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IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN Projected spending for 2005 tax year*: $80bn request expected

Tsunami Aid US - $550m $350m in government donations, plus military assistance involving 12,600 personnel, 21 ships, 14 cargo planes and more than 90 helicopters. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4145259.stm. IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN Projected spending for 2005 tax year*:

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IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN Projected spending for 2005 tax year*: $80bn request expected

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  1. Tsunami Aid US - $550m$350m in government donations, plus military assistance involving 12,600 personnel, 21 ships, 14 cargo planes and more than 90 helicopters. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4145259.stm IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN Projected spending for 2005 tax year*: $80bn request expected $25bn already approved Will take total cost of the two conflicts to almost $300bn US costs in Iraq average $4.8bn/month (*Tax year runs until October) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4204257.stm

  2. Initially George W. Bush promised $35 million for the tsunami victims • George W. Bush: "I assured those leaders this is only the beginning of our help," he said of the $35 million that the administration has pledged so far. • And there are already signs that Democrats want to link the response to this disaster to spending in Iraq. "I just about went through the roof when I heard them bragging about $35 million," Senator Patrick J. Leahy, the Vermont Democrat and a persistent critic of how the American rebuilding operation has gone in Iraq. "We spend $35 million before breakfast in Iraq." • December 30, 2004New York Times

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