US House continues financial support for war

The US House of Representatives passed a $94.5bn (€75bn) Bill today to pay for continuing US military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, hurricane relief, bird flu preparations and border security at home.

The House-Senate compromise bill contains $66bn (€52.5bn) for the two wars, bringing the cost of the three-year-old war in Iraq to about $320bn (€254bn). Operations in Afghanistan have now tallied about $89bn (€70.8bn), according to the Congressional Research Service.