Military Services Add Up More Than $100 Billion in FY-07 Supplemental Needs (Updated)

By Jason Sherman / November 1, 2006 at 5:00 AM
Encouraged by the Pentagon's No. 2 official to submit spending requests for all activities related to the U.S. military's counter-terror war, the military departments are tallying up new needs that will require more than $100 billion in additional fiscal year 2007 spending, according to Defense Department officials. These needs are on top of the $70 billion "bridge supplemental" fund included in the FY-07 Defense Appropriations Act. Pentagon officials said the Army, which is bearing the brunt of ground operations in...

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