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[[$190 Billion for Wars]]: Defense Secretary Robert Gates submitted his spending request for the 2008 fiscal year, which included a proposed $190 billion budget for the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. The budget was $42 billion more than President George W. Bush estimated in February.
Fast Facts: Gates justifies the additional $42 billion with the following expenses:
- $11 billion to field another 7,000 MRAP vehicles in addition to the 8,000 already planned
- $9 billion to reconstitute equipment and technology
- $6 billion for training and equipment of troops
- $1 billion to improve U.S. facilities in the region and consolidate bases in Iraq
- $1 billion to train and equip Iraqi security forces
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