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Fact Sheet: President Requests $72.4 Billion for the Global War on Terror
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
February 16, 2006

Fact Sheet: President Requests $72.4 Billion for the Global War on Terror


ÿÿÿÿÿText of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives
ÿÿÿÿÿIn Focus: National Security

Today's Presidential Action:

Today, President Bush asked Congress for $72.4 billion to fund the Global
War on Terror through FY2006. The President is committed to giving our
troops and commanders in the field the resources they need to fight and win
the War on Terror. This request provides those resources, helps prepare our
Iraqi and Afghan allies' security forces and governments to stand on their
own and successfully combat insurgents, promotes democracy, and provides
emergency humanitarian relief. The request includes:

  þ $65.3 billion to support the Department of Defense.
  þ $4.2 billion for the Department of State and other international
    operations.
  þ $2.9 billion for Intelligence Community management and classified
    activities in support of the War on Terror.
  þ $16 million for other agencies to support the War on Terror.

Providing the Resources to Win the War on Terror in Iraq and Afghanistan

Ongoing Military Operations: The President is committed to providing our
troops with the resources and equipment they need. The request honors this
commitment with more than $38 billion for ongoing military and intelligence
requirements in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Supporting an Effective Diplomatic Presence in Iraq and Afghanistan: $1.7
billion for the extraordinary security and operating costs to support U.S.
diplomatic activity in Iraq and Afghanistan, and $25.3 million for the
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction and the State Department
Inspector General to continue oversight activities.

Classified Activities: $2.9 billion for Intelligence Community management
and classified military, intelligence, and overseas law enforcement
activities.

Ensuring Our Armed Forces Remain Well-Equipped And Organized

Repairing and Replacing Damaged Equipment: $8.3 billion to refurbish or
replace equipment worn out or damaged through use in Operation Enduring
Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom; $2.6 billion to improve the protection
of our forces by deploying improved vehicle armor, night vision equipment,
sensor capabilities, and helicopter-survivability systems; $937 million to
field new capabilities that will significantly improve the combat
effectiveness of our forces.

Force Restructuring: $3.4 billion to restructure the Army into more agile,
self-sustaining units that provide increased combat effectiveness critical
to winning the Global War on Terror.

New Resources to Defend Against Improvised Explosive Devices (IED): $1.9
billion to purchase, develop, and sustain technologies critical to
defeating the IED threat.

Survivor Benefits and Enhanced Insurance: $1.5 billion for enhanced
benefits for all military survivors. It also funds benefits for those
injured in combat to ensure their immediate needs are addressed as they
recuperate.

Recruiting and Retention: $340 million for bonuses and incentive pay to
ensure the Army components and Marine Corps are able to achieve their
recruiting and retention missions.

Strengthening Iraqi Self-Reliance: Capacity Building in Security Forces,
Government, and the Economy

Preparing Iraqi Security Forces for Independent Operations: $3.7 billion to
continue moving the Iraqi security forces toward successful stand-alone
operational capacity. Activities include training, equipping, and
sustaining personnel and units; providing infrastructure to support forces;
and developing the capacity of the Ministries of Defense and Interior to
maintain the forces after the U.S. departs.

Countering Insurgents and Strengthening Government: $1.6 billion for
programs to support counter-insurgency and stabilization activities and
help build civilian capabilities to ensure the transition to greater Iraqi
self-reliance. Coupling increased civilian capacity with increased military
capacity is essential to sustained progress in all realms - security,
political, and economic - and is essential to neutralizing insurgents and
defeating the terrorists.

  þ Provincial Political and Economic Stability: $675 million to help
    strengthen Iraqi provincial governing capacity and improve political
    and economic stability through job creation and economic growth. As the
    capacity of provincial leaders improves, they will be increasingly able
    to stand on their own and assume the responsibilities granted by the
    new constitution and to work with the national government.

  þ Improving National Government: $293 million to develop the Iraqi
    national government's capacity for better, more transparent, and more
    responsive operations. Enhanced national capacity is crucial to
    stabilizing the new Iraqi government, providing the Iraqi people with
    essential services, stimulating economic growth, strengthening
    democratic institutions, enforcing the law, and creating linkages with
    provincial leaders.

  þ Preserving Critical Infrastructure: $642 million to help secure and
    sustain Iraq's critical essential services infrastructure so that
    Iraqis have confidence in their government's ability to provide
    essential services and to help ensure sufficient oil revenues to help
    maintain and grow their economy.

Afghan Self-Reliance: Strengthening Security Forces and Promoting
Development

  þ Security Forces: $2.2 billion to further prepare Afghan security forces
    to operate without U.S. support. Activities include training,
    equipping, personnel support, and developing the capacity of government
    ministries to maintain forces.

  þ Embassy Security: $66.1 million for State Department and USAID security
    costs and related needs.

  þ Counter-narcotics: $193 million to support Afghanistan's fight against
    the illicit drug trade.

  þ Refugee Assistance: $3.4 million to help Afghanistan manage the return
    of refugees resulting from the unanticipated closure of certain refugee
    camps in Pakistan.

  þ Energy Assistance: $32 million to fund critical components of
    Afghanistan's northern power grid as part of an international effort to
    upgrade Kabul's generation and transmission systems.

  þ Debt Relief: $11 million to finance the forgiveness of Afghanistan's
    $108 million pre-Taliban debt to the United States through the Paris
    Club process, part of a joint agreement by Germany, the United States,
    and Russia to remove a pre-Taliban debt burden totaling over $10
    billion.

Promoting Democracy and Providing Emergency Humanitarian Relief

Promoting Democracy and Stability in Iran: $75 million to the State
Department for increased outreach with new satellite broadcasting and
enhanced radio and television broadcasts, and increased democracy
promotion, cultural and educational programs, and public diplomacy.

African Relief: More than $500 million for emergency humanitarian and
peacekeeping needs in Sudan and the Darfur crisis, including food aid, and
$125 million to address other growing food emergencies mainly in Africa,
and $24 million to assist refugees including the return of more than
100,000 refugees to Liberia.

Pakistan Earthquake: $126 million for humanitarian relief and
reconstruction efforts following the devastating earthquake in Pakistan.

Commander's Emergency Response Program (CERP): $423 million to continue the
successful programs in Iraq and Afghanistan that enable U.S. military
commanders to respond to urgent, small-scale humanitarian relief and
reconstruction needs in their area of responsibility.

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