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Letter to the Honorable John M. Spratt Jr. 0 (January 2010)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo10045 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director U.S. Congress Washington, DC 20515 January 21, 2010 Honorable John M. Spratt Jr. Chairman Committee on the Budget U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr. Chairman: As you requested, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has analyzed both the funding needed to support an additional 30,000 troops in Afghanistan and the reduction in costs resulting from the ongoing withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq. The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-118) provides $130 billion for war-related operations in 2010. Based on recent trends in spending on overseas operations, the Department of Defense (DoD) would probably require further appropriations in 2010 to support an additional 30,000 troops in Afghanistan as well as other war-related operations. The Cost of Additional Forces in Afghanistan CBO estimated the costs of increasing the number of troops in and around Afghanistan from about 70,000 at the end of fiscal year 2009 to about 100,000 by July of 2010, averaging 85,000 personnel for fiscal year 2010. The estimate assumes that the number of troops would begin to decline in August 2011 and that the additional personnel would be fully withdrawn by January 2012. On this timetable, an average of roughly 100,000 troops would be deployed in Afghanistan in fiscal year 2011. This scenario is consistent with the Administration's plans to increase the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan by 30,000 and to maintain that larger force throughout most of fiscal year 2011.

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