(Maybe the rumors were correct -- maybe Bush really did manage to get himself a 3rd term, after all...)http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090409/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_war_costs By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press Writer Andrew Taylor, Associated Press Writer – 24 mins ago
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is seeking $83.4 billion for U.S. military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, pressing for special troop funding that he opposed two years ago when he was senator and George W. Bush was president.
Obama's request, including money to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan, would push the costs of the two wars to almost $1 trillion since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to the Congressional Research Service. The additional money would cover operations into the fall.
Obama is also requesting $400 million to upgrade security along the U.S.-Mexico border and to combat narcoterrorists.
Budget office spokesman Tom Gavin said the White House would send an official request to Congress late Thursday...