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War Related Spending Compared to Annual Spending on Selected Priorities

Housing Assistance $30 Billion
Natural Resources and Environment $30 Billion
Elementary and Secondary Education $34 Billion
Food and Nutrition Assistance $46 Billion
Veterans' Benefits $62 Billion
War Related* $201 Billion

*The $201 billion in war spending is over and above the approximately $400 billion appropriated this year for the Department of Defense and for nuclear weapons. The $201 billion consists of $44 billion from 2001 through the Spring of 2003, plus $70 billion in the Spring of 2003, plus a requested $87 billion in the Fall of 2003.


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