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Georges Bush has directed to the congress the project of the federal budget of the USA for 2008. The total amount of the state budgetary charges in 2008 under plans of the White house will make $2, 9 billion. Defensive charges reach $481 billion. In the White House believes that it would be the exactly required sum for the Pentagon in 2008.
But at all relevancy of this sum, it will not be sufficient for two wars - in Iraq and Afghanistan. In Bush’s opinion, two military campaigns will require $295 billion of additional financing within the nearest three years.  Robert Portman, the chief of White House’s budgetary management, has informed that additional financing assumes $100 billion for current year, $145 billion - for 2008 and $50 billion - on 2009.
If the project of the budget will be approved, the total volume of charges of the USA on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for 2003-2009 will reach $800 billion. According to the Los Angeles Times research, Iraq and Afghanistan in view of new figures will manage to the American tax bearers more expensive, than Vietnam has managed before.
In the current and the next fiscal years military charges of the USA (in view of additional means for military campaigns) will reach $245 billion. It means that each American should spend 800 dollars on defense up to the end of 2008.
The increase in the military budget up to $481 billion in following year will mean that the charges of defensive department have increased on 10 % in comparison with the last year.
Earlier, some democrats threatened Bush not to satisfy his financial inquiries about war and, thus, to stop it. The majority of them, nevertheless, understand that, having given up to the President in money, they will only deprive USA militaries of necessary equipment, the weapon and ammunition, but the war will not be stopped. As a result, the democrats promise to study very carefully Bush’s project, considering each dollar. The speaker of the House of Representatives has noticed that the President wastes huge sums of money on the war.
The USA posses 40 % of military assignments of all world. Nevertheless, last years the Pentagon has a lack of money on a regular basis. From 1990 till 2005 of the USA have spent $2billion for arms, but the military men in Iraq have received only 16 % of this sum.
Military “toys” also rise in price. For example, during last years the military jeep has risen in price from $32 up to $225 thousand. The equipment of one soldier since 1999 has risen in price from $7 up to $25 thousand. Army boots cost $94, carbine Ðœ-4 - $1 thousand 382, armored garment - $3 thousand 145, and a portable radio set - $7 thousand $100.