Read more Iraq war spending stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/25823/iraq-war-spending.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:37:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/61672/obamas-cell-phone-plea-helps-clear-war-funds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCongressional leaders settled on a $106 billion spending bill for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan last night, but it took a last-minute intervention by President Obama via Rahm Emanuel's cell phone. When talks got bogged down over the release of detainee photos, Emanuel rushed to the Capitol and had...http://www.newser.com/story/61672/obamas-cell-phone-plea-helps-clear-war-funds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 12 Jun 2009 7:02:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51595/obama-blasts-casual-dishonesty-of-bush-budgets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAt a White House “fiscal responsibility summit” today, President Obama opened fire on what he called the Bush administration’s “casual dishonesty” about the federal budget, Politico reports. “Contrary to the prevailing wisdom in Washington these past few years,” Obama said, “we cannot simply spend as we please and defer the...http://www.newser.com/story/51595/obama-blasts-casual-dishonesty-of-bush-budgets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Feb 2009 15:58:14 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/36048/as-troops-exit-iraq-us-spends-more-on-contractors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmerican troops are trickling home, but at a hefty cost: The US has spent more than $1.2 billion this year on private security contractors—mostly to protect diplomats, but also to secure infrastructure and supplies, USA Today reports. The State Department says now that focus has shifted to rebuilding,...http://www.newser.com/story/36048/as-troops-exit-iraq-us-spends-more-on-contractors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 28 Aug 2008 13:21:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34702/us-contractor-bills-in-iraq-to-hit-100b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBy the end of the year, the US will have spent $100 billion on private defense contractors in Iraq, a congressional report finds, showing more private-sector reliance than any previous wartime. Some 20% of funds spent on the war have gone to contractors, whose numbers are now greater than the...http://www.newser.com/story/34702/us-contractor-bills-in-iraq-to-hit-100b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 12 Aug 2008 6:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34239/iraq-has-79b-budget-surplus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Iraqi government could end this year with as much as a $79 billion cumulative budget surplus, based largely on ever-increasing oil revenues, US congressional auditors say. A report by the Government Accountability Office made public today prompted renewed calls from senators that Baghdad pay more of the bill for...http://www.newser.com/story/34239/iraq-has-79b-budget-surplus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 05 Aug 2008 19:45:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29760/war-spending-strategy-soak-the-grandkids.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs Congress tackles the latest "emergency" spending bill for Iraq and Afghanistan, bringing the total to more than $860 billion, Ruth Marcus notes in the Washington Post: "For the first time in American history, every penny of that amount will have been borrowed. For the first time, billions more will...http://www.newser.com/story/29760/war-spending-strategy-soak-the-grandkids.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Jun 2008 11:47:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28293/audit-shows-billions-unaccounted-for-in-iraq.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Pentagon audit of $8.2 billion in taxpayer money spent in Iraq found that nearly all of the handouts skirted federal rules, and millions of dollars in contracts were awarded with little or no record of what they were for, reports the New York Times . Take the $320.8...http://www.newser.com/story/28293/audit-shows-billions-unaccounted-for-in-iraq.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 May 2008 11:20:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28213/make-dams-and-food-not-war-and-ethanol.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEthanol is among the "poor solutions to high-profile problems" researcher Bjorn Lomborg blasts in the Wall Street Journal . According to calculations by his Copenhagen Consensus, “carbon mitigation policies” return only 90 cents for every dollar spent; in contrast, he writes, $1 billion spent on tuberculosis would result in an “annual...http://www.newser.com/story/28213/make-dams-and-food-not-war-and-ethanol.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 May 2008 16:55:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27615/house-rejects-1625b-bill-to-fund-wars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe House today shot down a $162.5 billion bill to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan into next year after a surprise tactic by angry Republicans, the Washington Post reports. The bill failed by a vote of 148-141 after 132 members of the GOP abstained. By doing so,...http://www.newser.com/story/27615/house-rejects-1625b-bill-to-fund-wars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 May 2008 17:10:00 CDT