President Barack Obama stands in a shaft of light streaming in through a window in the Oval Office while making a phone call, , December 17, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)Obama Signs $636.3 Billion Defense-Spending Bill -- Seattle Times
President Obama signed into law legislation that provides $636.3 billion for the U.S. military in fiscal 2010, including $128.3 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the White House announced today.
WASHINGTON — President Obama signed into law legislation that provides $636.3 billion for the U.S. military in fiscal 2010, including $128.3 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the White House announced today.
About $65 billion of the war funding is for operations in Afghanistan. The administration says it will need about $30 billion more to finance the addition of 30,000 more troops there that begins this month. That request is likely to come with the fiscal 2011 budget to be submitted in February.
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My Comment: This was signed a few days ago .... and I forgot to mention it. My prediction .... the funding for Afghanistan is going to fall far short of what has been allocated.