Cost of War Obama will require more than 200 billion U.S. dollars
WASHINGTON, FRIDAY - United States President Barack Obama will require more than 200 billion U.S. dollars, or around Rp 2,200 trillion (exchange rate of Rp 11,000) from Congress to finance the war and the military needs until the year 2009 half the next year.Likewise the Department of Defense officials said the United States, as quoted from the television station CNN, Thursday (26 / 2).
Request that includes 75.5 billion U.S. dollars to the cost of sending additional U.S. soldiers to Afghanistan this year. In addition, an additional 130 billion U.S. dollars for the rest of the fiscal year 2009.
Expenditure for the year 2010 will also be part of Obama's request for the Department of Defense. The request will be announced Thursday, the Washington DC.
Budget that is in addition to 534 billion U.S. dollar budget income and expenditure of the Department of Defense will be Obama's Congress. Congress gave the department is often called the Pentagon budget is 65.9 billion U.S. dollars for the first six months of fiscal year 2009. (cnn / viv / stand batam)
