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CSBA: War Costs Seen Increasing

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Thursday, August 13th, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford A defense-budget analyst said yesterday the Obama administration will likely need more war funding than planned in fiscal year 2011 and beyond, and did not dismiss the need for a supplemental war-funding bill mid-way through FY '10. Todd Harrison, a fellow for budget studies at the non-partisan Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), told reporters in Washington that the Pentagon's rough budgeting of $50 billion a year in war funding, for FY '11 and beyond, is…

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