Defense Secretary Robert Gates says military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan would cost almost $136 billion for the 2009 budget year that began Oct. 1 if they continue at their current pace.
Speaking for neither his current boss, President George W. Bush — nor his future one, President-elect Barack Obama — Gates told top lawmakers in a New Year's Eve letter that the Pentagon would need nearly $70 billion more to supplement the $66 billion approved last year.
Gates estimates 2009 war costs at $136 billion
The Israeli military issued new evacuation warnings for residents of several villages in southern Lebanon, ordering...
When the Israeli military repeated its displacement order for the entire city of Tyre (Sour) in...
Despite Washington’s long-standing recognition of Jordan as the custodian of Muslim and Christian holy sites in...
