House Budget Cmte. Hearing: The Growing Budgetary Costs of the Iraq War
House Budget Committee hearing: The Growing Budgetary Costs of the Iraq War, Wednesday, October 24, 2007. Witness statements as follows:
Dr. Peter Orszag, Director, Congressional Budget Office: Testimony on Estimated Costs of U.S. Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and of Other Activities Related to the War on Terrorism
Testimony of Amy Belasco, Congressional Research Service: "...CRS estimates that Congress has provided about $651 billion to date for Iraq, Afghanistan and enhanced security at defense bases..."
Testimony of Professor Linda Bilmes, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University: "...the monthly total for the conflict [in Iraq and Afghanistan is]...an average of $14 billion...Department of Defense and accounting and reporting systems make it very difficult to know exactly where the money is being spent..."
