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Letter to the Honorable Pete V. Domenici 1 (April 2002)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo10016 and id is 1 raw text is: April 10, 2002 Honorable Pete V. Domenici Ranking Member Committee on the Budget United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator: In response to your request of December 21, 2001, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has estimated the cost of activities related to the military operations taking place in and around Afghanistan. On the basis of data provided by the Department of Defense (DoD), as well as an analysis of the costs of other recent military operations, CBO estimates that the incremental cost to DoD of prosecuting the war in Afghanistan will be about $10 billion for fiscal year 2002. This estimate assumes that our military forces in Afghanistan will continue to conduct operations at a pace similar to that experienced during the first six months of the campaign. In addition, the estimate is consistent with DoD's view of the operational tempo expected in that region for the remainder of this fiscal year. If operational conditions change from those assumed in the estimate, however, then the costs may be higher or lower than CBO estimates. The estimate includes only the costs that can be directly associated with military operations in Afghanistan; costs associated with humanitarian and economic assistance to Afghanistan and neighboring countries are not included. The Department of Defense often provides estimates for the cost of the war on terrorism that include other costs (the costs of U.S. military operations associated with homeland defense, support to federal, state, and local agencies in the United States, and counterterrorism operations in other parts of the world) in addition to the costs of the war in Afghanistan. CBO's estimate excludes all of those other costs. CBO's estimate also excludes any costs associated with the National Foreign Intelligence Program (NFIP) because the specifics of NFIP activities are highly classified.

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