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Thu Apr 11, 2013, 08:03 AM Apr 2013

Pentagon underestimates Afghanistan by $10 billion, holds war request until May

Posted By Kevin Baron
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 4:41 PM

The Defense Department underestimated the cost of the Afghanistan war in fiscal 2013 by as much as $10 billion, the Pentagon’s top budget official said on Wednesday, and lacking clarity on the number of troops that will remain in the country next year, DOD will not submit a fiscal 2014 budget request for the war to Congress until next month.

The budget blunder, combined with sequestration’s mandated cuts and the fact that Congress has not passed an FY13 appropriations bill, posed yet another challenge for defense officials crafting the FY14 Defense Department spending request, which was released on Wednesday.

“I can’t believe how many things we’re trying to do right now,” Comptroller Robert Hale said.

Pentagon documents show DOD requesting $88 billion for the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) account, formerly known as the Global War on Terror. But the documents caution the request is “a placeholder pending submission of a final OCO request.”

http://e-ring.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/04/10/pentagon_underestimates_afghanistan_by_10_billion_holds_war_request_until_may

&quot L)acking clarity on the number of troops that will remain in the country next year" means exactly what?

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Pentagon underestimates Afghanistan by $10 billion, holds war request until May (Original Post) rug Apr 2013 OP
The chained CPI save $230 billion over 10 years.We are going to be in Afghanistan for how long? Autumn Apr 2013 #1
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Autumn

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1. The chained CPI save $230 billion over 10 years.We are going to be in Afghanistan for how long?
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 08:12 AM
Apr 2013

Old people, Veterans etc get cuts while money goes down the shit hole. Nice. Very progressive.

$88 billion underestimated by $10 billion. What a fucking joke.

CountAllVotes

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2. +1
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 08:35 AM
Apr 2013

A fucking joke is right but for some reason I fail to see any humor at all in any of these recent actions! It seems there is always plenty of $$$ lying around somewhere to continue to fund these BULLSHIT wars without end as We the People suffer as a consequence. This is indeed where the money went and continues to go to, a war without end.

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