"Thirteen years of war have cost the United States roughly $1.6 trillion.
Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, the government has spent the money on military operations, base support, weapons maintenance, training of Afghan and Iraq security forces, reconstruction, foreign aid, embassy costs and veterans’ healthcare, according to a recently released report by the Congressional Research Service tracking expenses through September.
The money was distributed to Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn, Operation Enduring Freedom for Afghanistan, Operation Noble Eagle and other war-designated funding not directly died to the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, according to the report.
Nearly half of the money spent, $815 billion, went toward the Iraq War, the report said.
About 92 percent of the expenses over the past 13 years came from the Department of Defense.Though U.S. troop levels in the Middle East, especially in Afghanistan, have been on a steady decline, the war funds request for fiscal 2015 remains at $73.5 billion, including $58.1 billion for Afghanistan.
Notably missing from the totals is the request to cover expenses for Operation Inherent Resolve, the airstrikes that began in late August against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
“There are some indications that the [Defense Department's fiscal 2015] war funding request may be more than is needed in light of [2014's] experience when expenses for returning troops and equipment have proven to be lower and the pace faster than anticipated,” the report said, referring to the cost of the airstrikes against the Islamic State and the recent announcement by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel that roughly 1,000 groups may remain in Afghanistan until spring 2015."
Cost of 13 years of war 1.6 trillion WashingtonExaminer.com
SO... One obama/Democrat Annual Deficit?
Wow... who would have bet (besides me...) that executing a world war for nearly 15 years would cost a FRACTION (~ 1/6th) of what it costs to simply allow the Left to Control the US Government for say... 6 years?
Huh.
Actually, Obama never had a $1.6 trillion deficit. There has never been a deficit that large.
The largest deficit - in fiscal year 2009, which began in October 2008 - was passed under the Bush administration, at $1.4 trillion. During fiscal year 2009, the stimulus added $100 billion, so that's on Obama. But given that half of the fiscal year passed before Obama signed a spending bill, it's intellectually dishonest to blame Obama for that. Obama's largest deficit was $1.3 trillion.
US Federal Deficit Definition - plus charts and analysis
Disagree.
"Decreased tax revenue and high spending resulted in an unusually large budget deficit of about $1.4 trillion,
well above the $407 billion projected in the FY 2009 budget.A 2009 CBO report indicated that $245 billion, about half of the excess spending, was a result of the
2008 TARP bailouts. Spending increases and tax credits resulting from the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 accounted for another 200 billion of the budget deficit."
Obama was in favor of TARP and spent another $200 billion on his stimulus program in FY 2009.
Obama did have a $1.3 billion deficit in FY 2010, even though his budget was not passed by a Democrat controlled Congress.
