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Letter to the Honorable Kent Conrad 1 (February 2007)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo8337 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE U !S- Congress Washington, DC 20515 February 7, 2007 Honorable Kent Conrad Chairman Committee on the Budget United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Mr. Chairman: As you requested, this letter summarizes the funding provided for military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and for other operations in the war on terrorism through January 31, 2007. It also presents projections by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) of costs for such operations over the next 10 years under two different scenarios regarding the number of troops that would be deployed overseas for those purposes. ESTIMATED FUNDING PROVIDED TO DATE Since September 2001, policymakers have provided $503 billion in budget authority for military and diplomatic operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other regions in support of the war on terrorism (see Table 1). At least '10 percent of that amount has been allocated for the war in Iraq. Funding for military operations and other defense activities totals $448 billion thus far, nearly all of which has gone to the Department of Defense (DoD). (Funding for intelligence agencies and the Coast Guard accounts for less than 1 percent of that total.) In addition. policymnakers provided $15 billion during the 2005-2007 period to train and equip indigenous security forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. (They provided another $5 billion for Iraqi security forces in 2004, but because that appropriation went to the Department of State's Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund, the money was classified as spending for international affairs.) Including the $15 billion for indigenous security forces, appropriations for defense-related activities in Iraq and Afghanistan and for the war on terrorism since September 2001 total $463 billion. www~cbo~gov

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