Iraq On $7.5M A Day

U.S. military operations in Iraq have cost an average of $7.5 million a day since June 16, Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby told reporters today.

That would put the total tab over the last 10 weeks at nearly $525 million. These activities have been funded from the Defense Department's fiscal year 2014 overseas contingency operations budget, he said, an $85 billion appropriation.