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Letter to the Honorable John M. Spratt, Jr 1 (February 2007)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo9482 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGT OFFICE U .S. Congress ashington, DC 20515 February 1, 2007 Honorable John M. Spratt Jr. Chairman Committee on the Budget U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr. Chairman: At your request, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has estimated the cost of the President's plan to increase the number of military personnel deployed to Iraq under different scenarios related to the duration of that increase. In summary, CBO estimates that costs would range from $9 billion to $13 billion for a four-month deployment and from $20 billion to $27 billion for a 12-month deployment, depending upon the total number of troops deployed and including additional costs that would be incurred during the build-up and ramp-down periods.' The analysis depends critically on three key factors: * How many additional troops will be deployed? * How long will the deployments last? * What are the additional costs associated with incremental troop deployments? Number of Additional Troops The President has announced an increase in Army and Marine Corps forces to be deployed to the Iraq theater of operations. Over the next several months, that increase will be accomplished largely by deploying troops sooner than was previously planned and by lengthening the deployment of forces already in the Iraq theater. The increase in force levels has already begun and is expected to reach its peak of about 20,000 additional combat personnel in May. 1. CBO 's analy sis focuses only on the costs associated w ith deploy ing ground forces in Iraq. It does not encompass the costs that will be incurred for deploying additional naval forces to the Persian Gulf.

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