U.S. Comptroller: Surge Costs Don't Add Up

January 15, 2007
U.S. Comptroller: Surge Costs Don't Add Up

It is unclear what much of the $5.6 billion is to be spent on, Walker said. Walker and others have
complained that tens of billions of dollars are spent on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan annually
with little explanation of what the money is spent on.

The wars have been funded largely through emergency supplemental appropriations, but the
requests provide Congress with scant detail on spending.