Can anyone tell me how much we payed for the Iraq Study Joke?

[Philosoraptor]

In actual dollars? I'd like to see the final tab for this much ballyhooed report.

I'll guess that it cost 5 million just to come up with this ridiculous publicity stunt.

Does anyone know? How do you look this up?

It always makes me remember that old question, why is everything so complicated in D.C. and why does it cost so fucking much?

[Cooley Hurd]

1. $1.3 Mil to start with...

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/15/iraq.study/

Wolf said Congress will appropriate $1.3 million to fund the group, which will work under the auspices of the congressionally chartered U.S. Institute for Peace and three think tanks

[Philosoraptor]

2. I'd like to see their paychecks.

I wonder how much each got for this? Nice work if you can steal it.

[H2O Man]

3. TIME 12-11-06

from "Can Bush Find an Exit" (page 47): "The review began as an earmark -- a $1 million insertion into an appropriations bill by Republican Representative Frank Wolf of Virginia, who had gone to Iraq last year and decided U.S. policy wasn't working, or as he put it, needed 'fresh eyes.' He slotted the money to the U.S. Institute of Peace ..."

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

4. Bakkker never does nothing

for chump change, that I will bet.

And I bet they are getting a good laugh out of wasting what little money the US spends on "peace" on this crap.

[lapfog_1]

7. Don't worry, I'm sure the Saudis are paying him off to make sure

their view is represented in the "final solution" to the Iraq problem.

[Recursion]

5. Less than we paid investigating the Clenis n/t

[Philosoraptor]

6. 70 million to 'investigate' Clinton