The Army will need up to $40 billion in supplemental appropriations to continue operations in Iraq and Afghanistan through fiscal year 2005, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker told reporters yesterday. The calculation is based on the current cost of operations: The Army is spending approximately $5.7 billion a month for operations in those countries, Schoomaker said at the Association of the U.S. Army's annual convention in Washington. In the FY-05 defense spending bill passed by Congress, the service...
