Two of the studies come up with similar tallies for soldiers' pay, weapons, ammunition and supplies; but the estimates for these from Ms Bilmes and Mr Stiglitz are about $100 billion or so higher.Casualties the human half of the "blood and treasure" equation are also a big part of the cost to America, and all three studies treat them as such.
Even some Republican members of the usually collegial House Armed Services Committee who helped write the broader legislation, which authorizes military pay, weapons programs and other necessities for the armed forces, opposed the bill in the end, solely because of the hate crimes provision.
For some rebel units, captured oil could pay for weapons.
In captured e-mails, guerrilla leaders offered to pay for weapons, munitions and other supplies with gold, according to Mr Santos.
As Scott Brown says, "In dealing with terrorists, our tax dollars should pay for weapons to stop them, not lawyers to defend them".
The affidavit of an agent, Robert Walker, was rich in detail about the movement of money from the Islamic charities into what it said were Al Qaeda operatives to pay for weapons and military training of terrorists throughout the world.
To calm critics who might argue that his emphasis on winning today's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan put future American security at risk, Mr. Gates noted that his budget had shifted only 7 percent to 10 percent of spending to today's missions and needs, and that 40 percent would pay for weapons that can fight all types of wars.
Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, who heads the Army's Fourth Infantry Division, said in an interview Thursday night that American operations had captured several important insurgent financiers in recent days, seized money stashed across the region to pay for weapons and attacks ($500 to conduct a strike and up to $3,000 to kill an American soldier) and stopped couriers smuggling in cash from outside Iraq.
It also changes some of the spending items in the $67 billion military side of the bill, which includes $11 billion for Afghanistan: It recommends giving the Army about $1 billion more money to pay for weapons, operation and maintenance, while subtracting an equal amount from the Air Force, Navy and occupation partners from other countries.
The existence of the diamonds was an important part of the prosecution's case, as he was accused of carrying so-called blood diamonds with him to pay for weapons for the rebels.
Ansar Dine may ban the sale of alcohol, but sells drugs to pay for weapons.
