Defense Secretary Robert Gates is planning major revisions to the Pentagon's $141.7 billion war spending request for fiscal year 2008 to account for new requirements, including the purchase of as many as 12,000 new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, an effort expected to cost at least $10 billion. This revision, now in the early stages of preparation for submission to Congress in September, is also expected to reflect the costs of larger numbers of personnel in Iraq to execute the...
