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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (21787)	7/10/2003 4:24:06 AM
From: NOW	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

McGovern? Please educate yourself a bit on Deans "liberalism".

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (21787)	7/10/2003 8:17:15 AM
From: T L Comiskey	Respond to of 89467

Happy Days at Haliburton.......... (lil dick...he Be smilin........) Borrowed from Zeev's thread Posted by: GodfreyDaniels In reply to: None Date:7/10/2003 6:41:52 AM Post #of 128393 Deficit anyone, Rumsfeld as announced Iraq military expense will be 3.9billion dollars a month, up from a 2billion estimate( a virtual doubling). He used the term, that would be for "the forseeable future"--i myself would not be surprised to see this escalate over time. It should be noted this does NOT contain any of the cost of reconstruction, it is just the cost on maintaining 145,000 troops in Iraq. nytimes.com excerpt <<Under intense questioning from Senator Robert C. Byrd, Democrat of West Virginia, Mr. Rumsfeld or his aides telephoned Pentagon financial officers during a break and reported back to the committee that cost estimates for the Iraq campaign had reached $3.9 billion per month, on average from this past January through September. A Pentagon official said the $3.9 billion figure "is the estimated cost to maintain the current force level in Iraq," which includes expenses for military operations, including fuel, transportation, food, ordnance and personnel, but not reconstruction costs. The $3.9 billion figure is almost double the $2 billion per month estimate issued by administration officials in April. In addition, the cost of operations in Afghanistan are now $900 million to $950 million monthly, Mr. Rumsfeld said. During a grueling four-hour hearing, committee members alternately complimented the military's war plan but criticized the Pentagon's planning for the postwar stabilization of the nation.