Report: Libya To Cost $750 Million in 2011

While Congress and the White House are rolling back on environmental protections and social programs, it will spend an estimated $750 million in 2011 on Libya.

The figures were obtained by the Financial Times though Secretary of Defense Gates will only give the figures as “somewhere in the ball park of $750 million.” Notably, the Obama Administration has not only chosen not to seek authority for the war from Congress but has yet to ask for approval of such spending. There is so much uncommitted money in the Defense budget that the President can prosecute a war without a single appropriation from Congress. It would be a perfect nightmare for the Framers.

Source: FT