7%
The exact budget of the American government for Blackwater operations in Iraq is shrouded in secrecy. But sources say over $6 billion has been spent so far.
3 percent
At current rates the Iraq war will cost around $800B by 2011 or roughly $100B per year that the U.S. troops have been engaged in the Iraq war.
723 billion dollars total, 150-250 million a day
The US taxpayer pays for their troops to be there add to this the uncertainty it has caused to the price of oil and you start to pay even more.
The exact budget of the American government for Blackwater operations in Iraq is shrouded in secrecy. But sources say over $6 billion has been spent so far.
Regions of Iraq are federal. Iraq is a federal republic because it has a federation type of states.
Not sure in more details or more recently, but according to Kettl's Politics of Administrative Process: In 2005, "the total personnel cost (including both wages and fringe benefits) budgeted for the for the civilian workers in the federal executive branch was just 7 percent. Adding those who work for the postal service, in the federal government's other branches, and in the armed services brought the total to only 13.8 percent. Cutting the number of federal bureaucrats by 10 percent would trim federal spending by only 0.7 percent, or less than two months' worth of the expense of fighting the 2003 war in Iraq."
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; the tax breaks for wealthy Americans.
federal government
No, that is a federal prerogative.
6 %
While it's difficult to pinpoint a single president who spent the most tax dollars overseas, President George W. Bush's administration is often noted for significant overseas spending, particularly due to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The military expenditures and foreign aid during this period represented a substantial portion of the federal budget directed outside the U.S. Additionally, other presidents have also allocated considerable resources overseas, but Bush's tenure is especially marked by these expenditures.
3 percent
$412 billion is spent in the U.S per Annam (the Iraq war so far has cost $558 billion)
Mitt Romney had nothing to do with US War in Iraq. He was not a federal politician at the time the Iraq War was declared nor did he have any federal involvement when President Obama withdrew the troops from Iraq. Furthermore, he was opposed to "ending the conflict prematurely" when he was asked about during the 2008 primaries.
At current rates the Iraq war will cost around $800B by 2011 or roughly $100B per year that the U.S. troops have been engaged in the Iraq war.