DPC REPORTS
FACT SHEET | March 7, 2007
Monthly National Security Index
Iraq- Security |
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Approximate number of U.S. troops currently in Iraq: |
135,000 |
Percent of coalition forces contributed by the U.S.: |
91 |
Number of troops the British government will withdraw from Iraq in the coming months: |
1,600 |
Number of additional U.S. troops to be sent to Iraq, according to the President’s surge plan: |
Up to 28,000 |
Number of additional U.S. troops to be sent to Iraq, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) analysis of the President’s surge plan: |
Up to 48,000 |
Estimated cost of troop surge plan according to the Bush Administration: |
$5.6 billion |
Estimated cost of troop surge plan according to CBO’s analysis: |
Up to $27 billion |
Approximate amount appropriated by Congress for Iraq operations so far: |
$379 billion |
Estimated total cost of operations in Iraq by war’s end: |
$549 billion - $2.26 trillion |
Approximate amount spent by the U.S. in World War I (in inflation-adjusted dollars): |
$205 billion |
Approximate amount the U.S. is spending in Iraq per month (including operational and investment costs): |
$8.4 billion |
Approximate amount the U.S. spent in Iraq per month in Fiscal Year 2003 (including operational and investment costs): |
$4.4 billion |
Number of U.S. service members killed in Iraq: |
3,169 |
Number reported wounded by the Defense Department: |
23,924 |
Number of National Guard soldiers killed in Iraq through February 3, 2007: |
408 |
Number of National Guard soldiers killed in the entire Vietnam War: |
97 |
Number of Iraqi military and police killed since training began in June 2003: |
6,177 |
Number of journalists killed in Iraq: |
93 |
Number of journalists killed in Vietnam: |
63 |
Estimated number of insurgents in Iraq (November 2003): |
5,000 |
Estimated number of fighters the Sadr and Mahdi militia can draw upon today: |
60,000 |
Estimated number of foreign fighters in Iraq in May 2003: |
100 |
Estimated number of foreign fighters in Iraq in November 2006: |
800 – 2,000 |
Funds the insurgency in Iraq is now able to raise annually from illegal activities, including kidnappings and oil smuggling: |
$70 - $200 million |
Number of U.S. helicopters downed by Iraqi forces this year: |
8 |
Average number of daily attacks by insurgents in December 2004: |
77 |
Average number of daily attacks by insurgents in December 2006: |
185 |
Percent of attacks directed at Coalition forces: |
68 percent |
Percent of Iraqis who approve of attacks on Coalition forces: |
61 percent |
Number of Iraqi police and security forces trained and equipped: |
323,180 |
Rate of attrition for Iraqi police, according to the Pentagon: |
30 percent |
Rate of desertion for Iraqi soldiers deployed to combat areas outside their normal area of operation: |
>50 percent |
Number of guns paid for by the U.S. for Iraq’s security forces that are unaccounted for: |
>14,000 |
Percent of Iraqis who view the security environment as poor, according to a June 2006 survey: |
75 percent |
Percent of Iraqis who have little or no confidence in their police and national security forces, according to a September 2006 survey: |
30-38 percent |
Iraq– Political |
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Percent of Iraqis who believe the country is headed in the wrong direction: |
52 percent |
Number of seats radical Shi’ite cleric Muqtada al Sadr controls in the Iraqi parliament: |
30 |
Percent of Iraqi Sunnis who view Prime Minister al-Maliki as unfavorable, according to a September poll: |
85 percent |
Percent of Iraq Ministry of Interior staff who are “ghost employees”: |
20-30 percent |
Percent of Iraqis who rate current economic conditions as poor: |
59 percent |
Annual cost of corruption to Iraq’s economy: |
$4 billion |
Number of corruption cases that have been filed since the Iraqi Commission on Public Integrity was established in 2004: |
3,500 |
Iraq- Humanitarian |
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Estimated number of Iraqi civilians killed in the violence since U.S.-led invasion, according to Iraq’s Minister of Health: |
150,000 |
Number of Iraqi civilians killed in the violence in 2006, according to the U.N.: |
34,452 |
Approximate number of Iraqis who have fled the country since 2003: |
1.8 million |
Approximate number of Iraqis who have been internally displaced since 2003: |
650,000 |
Approximate number of Iraqis who are fleeing Iraq each month: |
100,000 |
The number of new Iraqi passports issued since August 2005: |
> 2 million |
Percent of Iraq’s professional class that has left the country since late 2003: |
40 percent |
Approximate number of Iraqis who have fled to Jordan: |
700,000-750,000 |
Approximate number of Iraqis who have fled to Syria: |
600,000 – 1 million |
Number of Iraqis who have been granted entry to the United States since 2003: |
466 |
Annual Iraq budget of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees in 2003: |
$150 million |
Annual Iraq budget of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees in 2006: |
$29 million |
Number of Iraqi physicians registered prior to the invasion: |
34,000 |
Number of Iraqi physicians who have been murdered, kidnapped, or fled the country since the invasion: |
14,250 |
Portion of Iraq’s population that currently lives in poverty, according to the UNDP: |
1/3 |
Infant mortality rate in Iraq: (Middle East average is 37, sub-Saharan Africa average is 105) |
102 |
Estimated rate of malnourishment in Iraq: |
14.2-26.5 percent |
Percent of Iraqi elementary-age children who attended school last year, according to the Iraq Ministry of Education: |
75 percent |
Percent of Iraqi elementary-age children who are attending school now, according to the Iraq Ministry of Education: |
30 percent |
Iraq- Reconstruction |
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Estimated nationwide unemployment rate: |
25-40 percent |
Estimated number of jobs created by aid efforts: |
< 140,000 |
Estimated number of Iraqis still being paid not to work: |
600,000 |
Current rate of inflation in Iraq: |
33 percent |
Of the $57 billion in contract funds for Iraq reconstruction aid, the amount the U.S. government has squandered due to contractor overcharges and unsupported expenses: |
$10 billion |
Of these $10 billion in overpriced contracts and unsupported expenses, amount that was charged by Halliburton: |
$2.7 billion |
Percent of Iraq reconstruction funds used for security and justice sector: |
34 percent |
Average number of attacks on infrastructure each week: |
13 |
According to the GAO, anticipated reconstruction gap (difference between estimates of what is needed to rebuild and what the international community has pledged in aid)that the new Iraqi government will face: |
$50 billion |
Oil production for February 2007 (barrels per day): |
2.08 million |
Average oil production prior to invasion (barrels per day): |
2.5 million |
Bush Administration’s prewar projections of Iraq’s post-war oil output (barrels per day): |
3 million |
Approximate amount of U.S. reconstruction funds spent on rebuilding Iraq’s oil sector: |
$1.72 billion |
Portion of Iraq’s GDP generated by oil revenues: |
2/3 |
Electricity capacity in Iraq (in megawatts) prior to invasion (March 2003): |
4,500 |
Electricity capacity to have been reached by July 2004, according to U.S. reconstruction goals: |
6,000 |
Electricity capacity in Iraq (in megawatts) in February 2007: |
3,600 |
Average number of daily hours of electricity nationwide: |
11 hours |
Average number of daily hours of electricity in Baghdad: |
6 hours |
Average number of daily hours of electricity in Baghdad prior to 2003: |
16-24 |
Approximate amount of U.S. reconstruction funds spent on rebuilding Iraq’s electricity sector: |
$4.24 billion |
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Terrorism |
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Operational links between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq: |
0 |
Estimated number of al Qaeda members worldwide in 2001: |
20,000 |
Estimated number of al Qaeda members worldwide in 2006: |
50,000 |
Days since September 11, 2001 that Osama bin Laden has remained uncaptured: |
2,002 |
Days after bombing Pearl Harbor that Japan surrendered to U.S. forces: |
1,365 |
Number of significant global terrorist attacks reported by the State Department in 2003: |
175 |
Total number of worldwide global terrorist attacks reported by the U.S. Government’s NationalCounterterrorism Center in 2004: |
3,194 |
Total number of worldwide global terrorist attacks reported by the U.S. Government’s NationalCounterterrorism Center in 2005: |
11,111 |
Percentage of total worldwide suicide attacks that have occurred since 9/11: |
81 percent |
Percent of more than 100 of America’s top foreign policy experts (bipartisan group) who say the U.S. is not winning the war on terror: |
75 percent |
Percent of those experts who believe that America is less safe from terrorist attacks since before September 11, 2001: |
81 percent |
Rank of Iraq among all nations as a training ground for terrorists: |
1 |
Percent of top FBI jobs in the Washington area that currently are vacant (including counter-terrorism experts): |
20 |
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Afghanistan |
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Percent of more than 100 of America’s top bipartisan foreign policy experts who believe that the United States should increase troop levels in Afghanistan: |
69 percent |
Troop shortage NATO commander says he faces: |
10-15 percent |
Increase in attacks by militants crossing into Afghanistan from Pakistan, since the peace deal went into effect in September: |
300 percent |
Number of insurgent attacks in 2005: |
1,558 |
Number of insurgent attacks in 2006: |
4,542 |
Number of suicide attacks between 2001-2004: |
9 |
Number of suicide attacks in 2005: |
27 |
Number of suicide attacks in 2006: |
139 |
Number of Taliban-led militants in Afghanistan today: |
40,000 |
Number of violence-related deaths in Afghanistan in 2006 according to Human Rights Watch: |
4,400 |
Number of Afghan civilians killed in the violence in 2006 according to Human Rights Watch: |
1,000 |
Percent of schools in the south that have been forced to close due to Taliban attacks: |
35 percent |
Number of schools destroyed by the Taliban last year: |
200 |
Number of students driven from the classroom last year by Taliban attacks: |
200,000 |
Amount the Taliban recently pledged it will provide to fund Islamic education to students in 6 southern provinces, starting in March: |
$1 million |
Percent increase in poppy production between 2005-2006: |
59 percent |
Percent of world’s supply of opium that Afghanistan produces: |
92 percent |
Amount of aid the international community has provided to Afghanistan each year since 2001: |
$2.5 billion, ($1 billion from the U.S.) |
Amount of international aid allocated per person in Afghanistan: |
$57 |
Amount of international aid allocated per person in Iraq: |
$206 |
Percent of aid that has been given directly to the Afghan government: |
5 percent |
Number of new dams, power stations, and major water systems built in Afghanistan in the five years since the U.S.-led invasion: |
0 |
Reconstruction gap (difference between estimates of what is needed to rebuild Afghanistan and what the international community has pledged in aid) in Afghanistan: |
$8.7 billion |
Percent of Afghan population that has access to electricity: |
6 percent |
Percent of Afghan population that has access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation: |
39 percent |
Out of 178 countries, rank of Afghanistan in the basic index of human development: |
173 |
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World Opinion |
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Percent of surveyed citizens from 25 countries who say that the U.S. is playing a mainly negative role in the world: |
49 percent |
Percent who believe the U.S. military presence in the Middle East plays a destabilizing role: |
68 percent |
Percent who disapprove of U.S. handling of the war in Iraq: |
73 percent |
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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) |
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Rank of the danger of terrorists gaining access to WMD as a threat to U.S. national security according to the Bush Administration: |
1 |
Percent of former Soviet nuclear material stockpiles secured under Nunn-Lugar counterproliferation programs: |
29 |
Of the $20 billion the G-8 pledged to raise between 2002 and 2012 to prevent terrorists from obtaining nuclear materials, amount that actually has been donated: |
3.5 billion |
Percent of security upgrades completed on former Soviet buildings containing nuclear material: |
54 |
Year loose Russian nuclear materials would be secured if recommendations of the bipartisan Baker-Cutler task force (Jan. 2001) were adopted: |
2010 |
Year loose Russian nuclear materials will be secured under Bush Administration policies according to the National Nuclear Security Agency: |
2020 |
Approximate number of the world’s 130 civilian nuclear reactors that are vulnerable to terrorist theft, according to the National Nuclear Security Administration: |
47 |
·North Korea |
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Estimated minimum number of nuclear weapons likely produced by North Korea during the Bush Administration: |
4-10 |
Estimated number produced by North Korea from 1953 to 2000: |
1-2 |
Estimated number of medium range missiles (capable of reaching U.S. military bases in Japan) produced by North Korea during the Bush Administration: |
100 |
Estimated number of medium range missiles produced by North Korea from 1988 to 2000: |
100 |
Estimated amount North Korea currently earns annually from missile exports, mainly to Middle Eastern countries: |
$1.5 billion |
·Iran |
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Number of years before Iran will be able to produce a nuclear weapon, according to media reports on the spring 2005 National Intelligence Estimate: |
5-10 |
Number of centrifuges for enriching uranium that Iran is now operating or about to switch on at its nuclear facility at Natanz, according to the IAEA: |
1,000 |
Number of centrifuges the country would need to operate continuously for a year in order to produce about one weapon’s worth of highly enriched uranium: |
3,000 |
Rank of Iran in the State Department’s report on state-sponsors of terrorism: |
1 |
Number of days the Bush Administration has allowed Iranian nuclear activities to continue without full international verification and monitoring: |
2,621 |
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U.S.Military |
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·Readiness/Strain |
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Percent of military who approve of the President’s handling of the war in Iraq, according to a 2006 Military Times poll: |
35 percent |
Percent of military who approved of the President’s handling of the war in Iraq, according to a 2004 Military Times poll: |
63 percent |
Number of U.S. service members who have been deployed to the Global War on Terrorism to date: |
1,465,771 |
Number of National Guard members the Pentagon plans to call up early, so they can be redeployed to Iraq next year: |
14,000 |
Total National Guard and Reserve personnel called to active duty as of February 28, 2007: |
82,846 |
Portion of Army’s operating force (Reserve and Active-duty) that is reporting as unready: |
2/3 |
Number of non-deployed Army Brigade Combat Teams in the U.S. ready to deploy: |
0 |
Average tour of duty for National Guard members: |
342 days |
Percent increase in number of National Guard and Reserve members reported to have been reassigned, lost benefits, or been fired from civilian jobs after returning from duty, since 2001: |
70 percent |
Number of months after U.S. invasion of Iraq that all American soldiers received body armor: |
18 |
Percent increase in cost of supporting a typical Army soldier since 2001: |
60 percent |
Increase in rate of wear and tear on U.S. military equipment due to conditions in Iraq and Afghanistan: |
4-9 times |
Cost to reconstitute equipment lost by the Marine Corps in Iraq: |
$12.8 billion |
Amount the Marine Corps have received so far for repairing and replacing equipment: |
$5.1 billion |
Annual costs of replacing, repairing, and upgrading Army equipment prior to 2001: |
$2.5-3 billion |
Annual costs of replacing, repairing, and upgrading Army equipment in Iraq and Afghanistan for Fiscal Years 2002-2006: |
$4 billion |
Anticipated cost for replacing, repairing, and upgrading Army equipment in Iraq and Afghanistan for Fiscal Year 2007: |
$17.1 billion |
Anticipated cost for replacing, repairing, and upgrading Army equipment in Iraq and Afghanistan beyond Fiscal Year 2007 and for a minimum of 2-3 years after the end of OEF/OIF: |
$12-13 billion |
Amount of funds the Army is planning to divert from its Future Combat Systems program through 2013 to pay for increased Iraq war costs and expansion of its forces: |
$3.4 billion |
Equipment modernization shortfall the Army National Guard faces beyond what the Defense Department has identified in its budget projections through FY 2013: |
$24 billion |
Of this shortfall, amount that is needed just to ensure the Army National Guard can reach its baseline readiness standards: |
$13 billion |
·Recruiting and Retention |
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Percent increase in waivers granted to Army recruits with criminal backgrounds since the start of the Iraq war: |
65 percent |
Number of waivers granted in 2003: |
4,918 |
Number of waivers granted in 2006: |
8,129 |
Percentage of Army recruits who had diplomas in Fiscal Year 2004: |
92 percent |
Percentage of Army recruits who had diplomas in Fiscal Year 2006: |
82 percent |
Percentage of Army recruits who met the aptitude test standard in Fiscal Year 2004: |
72 percent |
Percentage of Army recruits who met the aptitude test standard in Fiscal Year 2006: |
61 percent |
Average Army reenlistment bonus expenditures for Fiscal Years 2000-2004: |
$120 million |
Estimated Army reenlistment bonus expenditures for Fiscal Year 2006: |
$650 million |
Enlistment bonus costs in Fiscal Year 2005: |
$166 million |
Enlistment bonus costs in Fiscal Year 2006: |
$238 million |
Percent vacancy rate in active duty psychologists in the Army and Navy: |
40 percent |
Percentage of 133 military mental health providers surveyed between 2003-2005 who reported no formal training or supervision in four PTSD therapies: |
90 percent |
Maximum enlistment age for the U.S. Army today: |
42 |
Maximum enlistment age for the U.S. Army in December 2005: |
35 |
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Darfur |
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Estimated conflict-related deaths since the crisis began in February 2003: |
200,000 |
Conflict-affected population in Darfur/Chad: |
2.5 million |
Approximate number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs): |
1.8 million |
Number of Darfuris forced to flee their homes in 2006 according to the U.N.: |
500,000 |
Total population of the Darfur region: |
6 million |
Percent increase in attacks on aid workers in the Darfur region last year: |
67 percent |
Days since the Bush Administration first called the situation “genocide”: |
909 |
Number of war-affected civilians dependent on food and medical aid: |
3.5 million |
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Homeland Security |
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·Aviation Security |
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Percent of 21 tested airports that GAO inspectors were able to smuggle bomb components past TSA screeners in March 2006: |
100 |
Amount TSA spends on security for each air travel passenger: |
$9 |
Amount the federal government has spent on aviation security since 2003: |
$20 billion |
Amount TSA has spent on the Secure Flight pre-screening program that is now suspended due to security and reliability concerns: |
$130 million |
·Rail and Mass Transit |
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Factor by which passengers on mass transit systems exceed passengers on airlines: |
16 |
Funding per passenger the Bush Administration has spent to secure mass transit systems since September 11, 2001: |
$0.01 |
Cost of security upgrades needed to protect rail and transit systems as estimated by U.S. transit authorities: |
$6 billion |
Approximate amount the federal government has invested in rail and mass transit security since 2003: |
$400 million |
Amount the President’s Fiscal Year 2008 budget request included for rail and transit security: |
$175 million |
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·Chemical Security |
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Number of provisions in federal law requiring chemical facilities to establish safeguards against a terrorist attack: |
0 |
Approximate number of chemical facilities in the U.S.: |
15,000 |
Number of chemical facilities at which a terrorist strike could threaten the lives of over 1 million people: |
123 |
Approximate number of chemical facilities at which a terrorist attack could threaten the lives of more than 1,000 people: |
3,400 |
Percent of our nation’s 60,000 railroad tank cars that carry hazardous materials that are not up to current industry standards and less resistant to rupture, according to the National Transportation Safety Board: |
>50 |
·Port Security |
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Percent of 11 million cargo containers that arrive at U.S. ports each year inspected: |
5 |
Percent of cargo inspected for WMD: |
<1 |
Percent of “high-risk” cargo inspected: |
17.5 |
Estimated economic impact of a terrorist attack on a major U.S. port: |
$60 billion |
Estimated economic impact of a terrorist on a major U.S. port involving nuclear weapons: |
$1 trillion |
Number of inspectors Department of Homeland Security has to certify and validate more than 10,000 shipping companies’ applications under C-TPAT: |
80 |
Number of inspectorsCoast Guard relies on to conduct security compliance checks at 135 foreign ports: |
20 |
Amount the Coast Guard estimated it would cost over ten years for ports to implement port security standards required under the Maritime Transportation and Security Act: |
$5.4 billion |
Amount the Bush Administration and Republican Congress have allocated for port security upgrades in first five years of funding: |
$816 million |
Amount the SAFEPort Act (P.L. 109-347) authorized in security grant funding: |
$400 million |
Amount the President allocated to port security grants in his Fiscal Year 2008 budget request: |
$2.4 million |
·Border Security |
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Estimated cost of implementation of the REAL ID Act to states, according to the National Governor’s Association: |
$11 billion |
Percent decrease in apprehensions of illegal border crossers during Bush Administration: |
30 |
Number of new border patrol agents the 9/11 Act authorized each year for Fiscal Years 2006-2010: |
2,000 |
Number of border patrol agents funded for Fiscal Year 2007: |
1,000 |
Percentage of illegal border crossers the Border Patrol can handle under current staffing levels: |
10 |
·Disaster Preparedness |
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Number of states DHS rated as having sufficient disaster plans: |
10 percent |
Of the 75 U.S. metropolitan areas assessed, number of cities that DHS gave the highest rating for interoperable communications in its January 2007 scorecard: |
6 |
Funding cut to DHS first responders grant programs proposed by the President’s Fiscal Year 2008 budget: |
$1.7 billion or 50 percent |
Funding cut to firefighter grant assistance programs proposed by the President’s Fiscal Year 2008 budget (from current level of $662 million): |
$362 million or 55 percent |
Funding cut to State Homeland Security Grants proposed by the President’s Fiscal Year 2008 budget (from current level of $510 million): |
$260 million or 51 percent |
Funding cut to Law Enforcement and Terrorism Prevention grants proposed by the President’s Fiscal Year 2008 budget (from current level of $362 million): |
$100 million or 27 percent |
Percent of Army National Guard forces in the United States that are very poorly equipped according to the National Guard Bureau: |
88 percent |
Amount in equipment funding the National Guard estimates it would require to restore domestic Army and Air units to full readiness: |
$38 billion |
Amount the Army has budgeted to augment National Guard equipment through 2011: |
$21 billion |
Percent of National Guard equipment currently available for domestic emergency response, according to the National Guard Bureau: |
34 |
Percent of necessary equipment generally available to National Guard, according to the GAO: |
65-79 |
Amount of aid appropriated for Hurricane Katrina and Rita relief: |
$106.4 billion |
According to a GAO audit, percent of $6.3 billion in funds given directly to survivors of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita that may have been improperly distributed: |
21 percent |
According to the GAO, amount of fraud and waste of the $19 billion spent by FEMA on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita as of mid-June: |
$2 billion |
Amount, of the $5.1 billion FEMA paid Louisiana to reimburse local officials for reconstruction projects following Katrina that has reached communities: |
$2 billion |
Of the 900,000 people in Louisiana who have applied for federal grants, the number of applicants who have actually received money: |
100 |
Number of applications for rebuilding funds under Louisiana’s “Road Home” program that have been approved (out of the 107,739 on file as of February 12): |
632 |
Days since Hurricane Katrina made landfall: |
554 |
Number of the 128 public schools in the New Orleans Metro Area that have enrolled students this school year: |
56 |
Percent of hospitals that have reopened in New Orleans Parish: |
52 percent |
Highest category hurricane the New Orleans levee system is able to fully protect against – after the Army Corps of Engineers completed its $800 million repair effort: |
2 |
·Bioterror/Avian Flu Preparedness |
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Percent of Americans the Department of Health and Human Services currently is able to provide antiviral treatment for (in the case of an avian flu pandemic): |
1.7 |
Percent of Americans who live in states that do not have plans for dealing with large-scale casualties in the event of a catastrophic bioterror attack: |
> 50 |
Percent of Americans who would have no access to hospitals with the necessary equipment to handle a catastrophic bioterror attack: |
20 |
Number of states that are rated at the highest preparedness to provide emergency vaccines, antidotes, and medical supplies from the Strategic National Stockpile: |
15 |
Number of states that would run out of hospital beds within two weeks of a moderate pandemic flu outbreak: |
25 |
Number of states that face a shortage of nurses: |
40 |
Number of states that lack sufficient capabilities to test for biological threats: |
11 and D.C. |
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Veterans |
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Percent the President’s Fiscal Year 2008 budget would increase funding for VA medical care: |
<1 percent |
Percent increase needed each year just to maintain existing programs in the face of medical inflation and other rising costs: |
13-14 |
Anticipated cost of providing medical care and disability benefits to veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts: |
$349.8 - $662.8 billion |
Number of the 1.4 million Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans who have left active duty and become eligible for VA health care through November 2006: |
631,174 |
Number of these veterans seeking health care from VA hospitals, through |
205,097 or 32 percent |
Percent of OIF/OEF veterans seen by VA for mental disorders through November 2006: |
35.7 percent |
Number of OIF/OEF veterans seen for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder through November 2006: |
33,754 |
Number of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans who have been granted disability compensation: |
>100,000 |
Estimated number of veterans denied access to VA health services since the Bush Administration imposed a ban on Priority 8 veterans: |
1 million |
Total Compensation and Pension Claims Backlog as of February 17, 2007: |
626,429 |
Number of these claims pending for more than 6 months: |
166,638 |
Percent change in pending claims from the end of Fiscal Year 2003 to February 2007: |
+246 percent |
Average number of days it takes the Veterans Benefits Administration to process an original claim: |
177 days |
Average number of days it takes the Veterans Benefits Administration to process an appeal: |
657 days |
Number of additional OEF/OIF veterans the President’s budget anticipates will seek VA care in Fiscal Year 2008: |
54,000 |
Number of additional OEF/OIF veterans the Veterans Affairs Committee (majority staff) anticipates will seek VA care in Fiscal Year 2008: |
104,000 |
Unemployment rate for veterans age 20-24: |
15.6 percent |
Unemployment rate for non-veterans age 20-24: |
8.7 percent |
Percentage rise in the number of veterans collecting unemployment insurance since August 2002: |
96 |
Approximate number of veterans who are currently homeless: |
200,000 |
Approximate number of veterans of OEF and OIF who are homeless: |
500-1,000 |
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Democracy and Development |
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Percent of U.S. funds dedicated to international development initiatives, as compared to military spending: |
1 |
Number of member countries, including the United States, that voted against the approval of a new U.N Rights Council on March 15, 2006: |
4 |
Number of countries who voted for its approval: |
170 |
Total amount appropriated to the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) so far: |
$5.9 billion |
Total aid awarded by the MCC so far: |
$3 billion |
Average amount per year to be distributed through the eleven compact agreements signed so far: |
$750 million |
Annual amount President Bush promised for the MCA: |
$5 billion |
Average amount requested in President Bush’s annual budgets since he proposed the MCA: |
$2.56 billion |
Number of the world’s ten least developed nations with whom the United States has signed an MCC compact: |
2 |
Number of the world’s 40 poorest nations with whom the United States has signed an MCA compact: |
5 |
Rank of U.S. among 21 developed nations in foreign assistance spending measured as a percentage of Gross National Product: |
20 |
Number of children dying each day from preventable diseases: |
29,000 |
Percentage of the world’s population living on less than $2 per day: |
50 |
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SOURCES
Iraq– Security
1. Brookings Institution IraqIndex, March 1, 2007. (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf)
2. The Brookings Institution Iraq Index reports that there were approximately 14,010 non-U.S., non-Iraqi troops in Iraq as of February 2007. March 1, 2007. (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf)
3. New YorkTimes, 2/22/07.
4. USAToday, 3/2/07.
5. Congressional Budget Office, February 1, 2007. (http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=7778&sequence=0)
6. Reuters, 1/11/07.
7. Congressional Budget Office, February 1, 2007. (http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=7778&sequence=0)
8. Senate Appropriations Committee Minority Staff.
9. Low end cost, Congressional Budget Office, 7/13/06 – the CBO offers two different scenarios, with estimated costs of $493 billion and $697 billion. High end cost is from Linda Bilmes and Joseph Stiglitz, in the December 2006 Milken Institute Review (http://www.milkeninstitute.org/publications/review/2006_12/76_83mr32.pdf)
10. Christian Science Monitor, 8/29/05.
11. Reuters, January 18, 2007.
12. Congressional Research Service RL 33110. (http://www.congress.gov/erp/rl/pdf/RL33110.pdf) This estimate includes both operational (military personnel, operation and maintenance, working capitol, defense health) and investment (procurement, RTD&E, and military construction) costs, last updated September 22, 2006.
13. DoDCasualty Report (http://www.dod.gov/news/casualty.pdf) March 6, 2007.
14. DoDCasualty Report (http://www.dod.gov/news/casualty.pdf) March 6, 2007.
15. Asof February 3, 2007. Brookings Institution Iraq Index, March 1, 2007. (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf)
16. New YorkDaily News, 7/5/05.
17. Asof February 28, 2007. Brookings Institution Iraq Index, March 1, 2007. (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf)
18. Brookings Institution IraqIndex, March 1, 2007. (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf)
19. New YorkTimes, 5/30/06.
20. New YorkTimes, 5/30/06.
21. Cordesman, Anthony. “Reconstruction in Iraq: The Uncertain Way Ahead.” CSIS, updated January 19, 2007. (http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/070119_iraq_reconstruction.pdf)
22. New YorkTimes, 6/15/06.
23. New YorkTimes, 6/15/06.
24. New YorkTimes, 11/26/06.
25. The Guardian, 2/22/07.
26. Brookings Institution Iraq Index March 1, 2007. (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf)
27. Brookings Institution Iraq Index, March 1, 2007. (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf)
28. Department of Defense, Measuring Security and Stability in Iraq, 11/30/06 (http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/pdfs/9010Quarterly-Report-20061216.pdf).
29. Brookings Institution Iraq Index, March 1, 2007. (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf)
30. Brookings Institution Iraq Index, March 1, 2007. (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf)
31. Department of Defense, Measuring Security and Stability in Iraq, 11/30/06 (http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/pdfs/9010Quarterly-Report-20061216.pdf).
32. Department of Defense, Measuring Security and Stability in Iraq, 11/30/06 (http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/pdfs/9010Quarterly-Report-20061216.pdf).
33. The Times, 1/19/07.
34. According to a June survey conducted by the International Republican Institute, reported in the Brookings Institution Iraq Index, March 1, 2007. (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf)
35. According to a September survey conducted by the Program on International Policy Attitudes, reported in the Brookings Institution Iraq Index, March 1, 2007.
Iraq– Political
1. According to a September survey conducted by the Program on International Policy Attitudes, reported in the Brookings Institution Iraq Index, March 1, 2007.
2. WashingtonPost, 7/7/06. Sadr controls 30 of 275 Parliamentary seats, as well as 5 cabinet posts.
(http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf)
3. Michael O’Hanlon, Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 1/10/07, http://www.brookings.edu/views/testimony/ohanlon/20070110.pdf)
4. GAO-07-426T, 2/15/07. (http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07426t.pdf)
5. According to a June survey conducted by the International Republican Institute, reported in the Brookings Institution Iraq Index, March 1, 2007. (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf)
6. According to the Deputy Prime Minister, cited by the Special Inspector for Iraq Reconstruction, Quarterly Report, July 2006. (http://www.sigir.mil/reports/QuarterlyReports/Jul06/Default.aspx)
7. Global Policy Forum, 9/6/06. (http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/iraq/reconstruct/2006/0906corruption.htm)
Iraq- Humanitarian
1. UN Assistance Mission in Iraq, Quarterly Human Rights Report, 10/31/06. (http://www.uniraq.org/documents/HR%20Report%20Sep%20Oct%202006%20EN.pdf) (there is no official number – estimates vary widely. Other estimates include: 60,754 Iraq Body Count (not including deaths during major combat operations in 2003) (http://www.iraqbodycount.net/) accessed on 1/29/07).
2.New York Times, 1/16/07.
3. Refugees International, 12/5/06.
4. Brookings Institution IraqIndex, March 1, 2007. (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf)
5. UN Assistance Missionin Iraq, Quarterly Human Rights Report, 10/31/06. (http://www.uniraq.org/documents/HR%20Report%20Sep%20Oct%202006%20EN.pdf
6. Brookings Institution Iraq Index, March 1, 2007. (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf)
7. Brookings Institution Iraq Index, March 1, 2007. (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf)
8. WashingtonPost, 1/17/07.
9. WashingtonPost, 1/17/07.
10. Los AngelesTimes, 1/17/07.
11. Brookings Institute, 1/4/07.(http://www.brookings.edu/views/op-ed/cohenr/20070104.htm)
12. Brookings Institute, 1/4/07.(http://www.brookings.edu/views/op-ed/cohenr/20070104.htm)
13. Brookings Institution Iraq Index, March 1, 2007. (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf)
14. Brookings Institution Iraq Index, March 1, 2007. (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf)
15. UN News Centre, 2/18/07.
16. Brookings Institution Iraq Index, March 1, 2007. (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf)
17. Department of Defense, Measuring Security and Stability in Iraq, 11/30/06.
18. Newsweek, 1/22/07.
19. Newsweek, 1/22/07.
Iraq- Reconstruction
1. Brookings Institution Iraq Index, March 1, 2007. (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf).
2. Cordesman, Anthony. “Reconstruction in Iraq: The Uncertain Way Ahead.” CSIS, updated January 19, 2007. (http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/070119_iraq_reconstruction.pdf)
3. Cordesman, Anthony. “Reconstruction in Iraq: The Uncertain Way Ahead.” CSIS, updated January 19, 2007. (http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/070119_iraq_reconstruction.pdf)
4. Cordesman, Anthony. “Reconstruction in Iraq: The Uncertain Way Ahead.” CSIS, updated January 19, 2007. (http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/070119_iraq_reconstruction.pdf)
5. Associated Press, 2/15/07.
6. Associated Press, 2/15/07.
7. Special Inspector for Iraq Reconstruction, Quarterly Report to Congress, January 2007 (http://www.sigir.mil/reports/quarterlyreports/Jan07.aspx)
8.Department of Defense, Measuring Security and Stability in Iraq, November 2006.
9. GAO-06-885T, 7/19/06.
10. Brookings Institution Iraq Index, March 1, 2007. (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf).
11. Brookings Institution Iraq Index, March 1, 2007. (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf).
12. Brookings Institution IraqIndex, March 1, 2007. (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf).
13. Special Inspector for Iraq Reconstruction, Quarterly Report to Congress, January 2007 (http://www.sigir.mil/reports/quarterlyreports/Jan07.aspx)
14.Department of Defense, Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq, November 2006. http://www.defenselink.mil/home/features/Iraq_Reports/Index.html
15. Brookings Institution IraqIndex, March 1, 2007. (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf).
16.Brookings Institution IraqIndex, March 1, 2007. (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf).
17.Brookings Institution IraqIndex, March 1, 2007. (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf).
(http://www.sigir.mil/reports/quarterlyreports/Oct06/Default.aspx)
18. Department of Defense, Measuring Security and Stability in Iraq, 11/30/06 (http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/pdfs/9010Quarterly-Report-20061216.pdf).
19. Department of Defense, Measuring Security and Stability in Iraq, 11/30/06 (http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/pdfs/9010Quarterly-Report-20061216.pdf).
20.Centerfor American Progress, Think Progress.org, October 18, 2006. (http://thinkprogress.org/2006/10/18/iraq-electricity/)
21. Special Inspector for Iraq Reconstruction, Quarterly Report to Congress, January 2007 (http://www.sigir.mil/reports/quarterlyreports/Jan07.aspx)
Terrorism
1. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Phase II Reports, 9/8/06. (http://intelligence.senate.gov/)
2. According to the National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT), cited by the Third Way, September 2006. (http://www.third-way.com/products/58)
3. According to the National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT), cited by the Third Way, September 2006. (http://www.third-way.com/products/58)
4. Asof March 7, 2007
5. Japan signed the Instrument of Surrender on September 2, 1945.
6. State Department press briefing, 4/27/05.
7. According to the National Counterterrorism Center,reported by the Christian Science Monitor, 4/21/06. (http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0421/dailyUpdate.html)
8. National CounterterrorismCenter, Country Reports on Terrorism 2005.
9. Center for American Progress, 6/14/06.
10. Center for American Progress, 2/13/07.
11. Center for American Progress, 2/13/07.
12. New YorkTimes, 6/22/05.
13. Los AngelesTimes, 5/23/06.
Afghanistan
1. Center for American Progress, 2/13/07.
2. Century Foundation, AfghanistanWatch, 1/19/07.
3. New YorkTimes, 1/17/07.
4. New YorkTimes, 1/17/07.
5. New YorkTimes, 1/17/07.
6. Third Way, September 2006. (http://www.third-way.com/products/58)
7. New YorkTimes, 1/17/07.
8. New YorkTimes, 1/17/07.
9. Associated Press, 1/30/07.
10. Associated Press, 1/30/07.
11. Associated Press, 1/30/07.
12. Foreign Affairs, January/February 2007.
13. International Herald Tribune, 1/22/07.
14.International Herald Tribune, 1/22/07.
15.International Herald Tribune, 1/22/07.
16. UN Office of Drugs and Crime, Press Release, 9/2/06.
17. UN Office of Drugs and Crime, Press Release, 9/2/06.
18. New YorkReview of Books, 6/22/06.
19. USAToday, 6/20/06.
20. USAToday, 6/20/06.
21. Interview with Said Jawad, Council on Foreign Relations, 3/1/07, posted on the Century Foundation’s Afghanistan Watch site. (http://thecenturyfoundation.typepad.com/aw/2007/03/jawad_frustrati.html#more)
22. New YorkReview of Books, 6/22/06.
23. American Prospect, 6/29/06.
24. Las Vegas Sun, 6/27/06.
25. Peace Operations Working Group, Afghanistan Peace Operations (http://www.peacebuild.ca/powg/POM/)
26. Council on Foreign Relations, 3/12/06.
World Opinion
1. BBC World Poll, 1/23/07.
2. BBC World Poll, 1/23/07.
3. BBC World Poll, 1/23/07.
WMD
1. Worst Weapons In Worst Hands, National Security Advisory Group, 7/05, (http://www.carnegieendowment.org/static/npp/NSAG.pdf); President Bush asserted this in the first Presidential Debate, 9/30/04. (http://www.debates.org/pages/trans2004a.html)
2. Securing the Bomb, July 2006. (http://www.nti.org/e_research/stb06webfull.pdf)
3. BostonGlobe, 7/17/06. According to a Harvard report, Securing the Bomb.
4.Securing the Bomb, July 2006. (http://www.nti.org/e_research/stb06webfull.pdf)
5. The Race to Secure Russian Nukes: Progress Since 9/11. Henry L.Stimson Centerand the Center for American Progress, September, 2005.
6. According to the National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA), reported in Year End Nuclear Progress Report, The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 12/6/05. Others, including the StimsonCenter and Center for American Progress suggest a later date of completion – as late as 2030.
7. USAToday, 3/27/06.
North Korea
1. ISIS, 6/26/06(http://www.isis-online.org/publications/dprk/dprkplutonium.pdf)
2. Congressional Research Service IB91141, 2/16/06.
3 and 4.The U.S. Military estimated that North Korea had“around 100” Nodong-1 medium range missiles in 2000, as reported by Korea Central Daily (FBIS), 4/23/01. TheCNS Special Report on North Korean Ballistic Missile Capabilities, 3/22/06 (http://cns.miis.edu/pubs/week/pdf/060321.pdf)reports that North Korean has approximately 200 Nodong-1 medium range missiles.
5. WashingtonPost, 7/11/06.
Iran
1. According to the August 2005 National Intelligence Estimate, reported by The New York Times, 8/2/05 and CRS RL32048. (http://www.congress.gov/erp/rl/html/RL32048.html#n_15_)
2. New YorkTimes, 2/23/07.
3. New YorkTimes, 2/23/07.
4. CRS, RL32048. (http://www.congress.gov/erp/rl/html/RL32048.html#TOC1_5)
5. Asof March 7, 2007. Days since the Bush Administration has been in office.
U.S.Military Personnel
Readiness/Strain
1. Military Times, 12/29/06.
2.Military Times, 12/29/06.
3. CTS Deployment file, (DoD) as of 12/31/06.
4. New YorkTimes, 2/22/07.
5. Asof February 28, 2007. DoD Press Resources (http://www.defenselink.mil/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=10558)
6. National Security Advisory Group, 8/1/06.
7. National Security Advisory Group, 8/1/06.
8. The U.S. Military: Under Strain and at Risk. The National Security Advisory Group, January 2006.
9. USAToday, 12/8/06.
10. 2006 National Security Briefing Book, Foreign Policy Leadership Council, 2/06.
11. Wall Street Journal, 12/11/06.
12.Center for American Progress, Marine Corps Equipment After Iraq, August 2006. (http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=2028223)
13. AP, 6/27/06.
14. Third Way, September 2006. (http://www.third-way.com/products/58)
15. New YorkTimes, 12/5/06.
16. AP, 6/27/06
17.AP, 6/27/06.
18. GAO-06-885T, 7/18/06.
19. Congress Daily, 2/8/07.
20. Congress Daily, 2/15/07.
21.Congress Daily, 2/15/07.
Recruiting and Retention
1. New YorkTimes, 2/14/07.
2. New YorkTimes, 2/14/07.
3. New YorkTimes, 2/14/07.
4. Military Officers Association of America, Legislative Update, 10/13/06. (http://www.moaa.org/controller.asp?pagename=lac_update_061013)
5. Military Officers Association of America, Legislative Update, 10/13/06. (http://www.moaa.org/controller.asp?pagename=lac_update_061013)
6. Military Officers Association of America, Legislative Update, 10/13/06. (http://www.moaa.org/controller.asp?pagename=lac_update_061013)
7. Military Officers Association of America, Legislative Update, 10/13/06. (http://www.moaa.org/controller.asp?pagename=lac_update_061013)
8. Military Officers Association of America, Legislative Update, 10/13/06. (http://www.moaa.org/controller.asp?pagename=lac_update_061013)
9. Military Officers Association of America, Legislative Update, 10/13/06. (http://www.moaa.org/controller.asp?pagename=lac_update_061013)
10. Military Officers Association of America, Legislative Update, 10/13/06. (http://www.moaa.org/controller.asp?pagename=lac_update_061013)
11. Military Officers Association of America, Legislative Update, 10/13/06. (http://www.moaa.org/controller.asp?pagename=lac_update_061013)
12. Associated Press, 2/26/07.
13. USAToday, 1/17/07.
14. Reuters, 6/21/06.
15.Reuters, 6/21/06.
Darfur
1. Reuters, 2/5/07.
2. Reuters, 2/5/07.
3. Asof June 5, 2006. Genocide Intervention Fund, 3/31/06. (http://www.genocideinterventionfund.org/educate/darfurnews/)
4. Reuters, 2/5/07.
5. U.S. State Department (http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/36028.htm)
6. Reuters, 2/5/07.
7. ThroughMarch 7, 2007. Powell, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing, 9/9/04. .
8. To Save Darfur, International Crisis Group, 3/17/06. (http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/africa/horn_of_africa/105_to_save_darfur.pdf)
Homeland Security
Aviation Security
1. According to a yet-released GAO study, reported by Reuters, 3/17/06.
2. govexec.com, 6/20/06.
3. Commerce Committee Majority Staff.
3. govexec.com, 6/25/06.
4. CRS, 7/5/06. (http://www.congress.gov/erp/rl/pdf/RL33512.pdf)
Rail and Mass Transit Security
1. USAToday, 7/7/05.
2. USAToday, 7/7/05.
3. USAToday, 7/7/05.
4. Commerce Committee Minority Staff.
5. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Hearing on FY2008 Budget, 2/13/07.
Chemical Security
1. Senator John Corzine, Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, 4/27/05. (http://hsgac.senate.gov/_files/CorzineHSGACtestimony.pdf)
2. New Strategies to Protect America: Securing our Nation's Chemical Facilities, Center for American Progress, 4/6/05. (http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=495729)
3. WashingtonPost, 12/31/04.
4. WashingtonPost, 3/22/06.
5. New Strategies to Protect America: Securing our Nation's Chemical Facilities, Center for American Progress, 4/6/05. (http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=495729)
Port Security
1. Appropriations Committee Minority Staff, 2/06.
2. Associated Press, 5/25/05.
3. Associated Press, 5/25/05.
4. New Strategies to Protect America: Safer Ports for a More Secure Economy, Center for American Progress, 6/15/05. (http://www.americanprogress.org/atf/cf/%7BE9245FE4-9A2B-43C7-A521-5D6FF2E06E03%7D/port_security.pdf)
5. Protecting the American Homeland: A Preliminary Analysis, Brookings Institution, May2002.
6. WashingtonTimes, 3/21/06.
7. New YorkTimes, 2/28/06.
8. Appropriations Committee, Minority Staff, 2/06.
9. Appropriations Committee, Minority Staff, 2/06.
10. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Hearing on FY2008 Budget, 2/13/07.
11. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Hearing on FY2008 Budget, 2/13/07.
Border Security
1. Congress Daily, 3/1/07.
2. Third Way,May 2006. (http://www.third-way.com/data/product/file/38/Immigration_Enforcement_Report.pdf)
3. The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (PL 108-458)
4. See Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Proposal: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/
5. WashingtonPost, 5/21/06.
Disaster Preparedness/Katrina
1. NBC News, 6/16/06.
2. Department of Homeland Security, January 2007. (http://www.dhs.gov/xprepresp/gc_1167770109789.shtm)
3. Senate Budget Committee, Majority Staff, 2/6/07.
4. Congress Daily, 2/6/07.
5.Congress Daily, 2/6/07.
6. Congress Daily, 2/6/07.
7. WashingtonPost, 3/2/07.
8.Washington Post, 3/2/07.
9.Washington Post, 3/2/07.
10. 2006 National Security Briefing Book, Foreign Policy Leadership Council, 2/06.
11. New YorkTimes, 2/28/06.
12. Appropriations Committee Minority Staff. $106.4 billion to date (including the $19.3 billion authorized in the FY 2006 Supplemental request.
13. New YorkTimes, 6/27/06.
14. New YorkTimes, 6/27/06.
15. Associated Press, 1/13/07.
16. Associated Press, 1/13/07.
17. WashingtonPost, 3/1/07.
18. Asof March 7, 2007.
19. Brookings Institute Katrina Index, February 15, 2007. (http://www.gnocdc.org/KI/KatrinaIndex.pdf)
20. Brookings Institute Katrina Index, February 15, 2007. (http://www.gnocdc.org/KI/KatrinaIndex.pdf)
21. New YorkTimes, 5/25/06.
Bioterror/Avian Flu Preparedness
1. Associated Press, 4/26/06.
2. Center for American Progress, 5/23/06. (http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=1706357)
3. Center for American Progress, 5/23/06. (http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=1706357)
4. Trust for America’s Health. “Ready or Not? Protecting the Public’s Health from Disease, Disasters, and Bioterrorism, 2006,” December 2006. (http://healthyamericans.org/docs/print.php?DocID=114)
5. Trust for America’s Health. “Ready or Not? Protecting the Public’s Health from Disease, Disasters, and Bioterrorism, 2006,” December 2006. (http://healthyamericans.org/docs/print.php?DocID=114)
6. Trust for America’s Health. “Ready or Not? Protecting the Public’s Health from Disease, Disasters, and Bioterrorism, 2006,” December 2006. (http://healthyamericans.org/docs/print.php?DocID=114)
7. Trust for America’s Health. “Ready or Not? Protecting the Public’s Health from Disease, Disasters, and Bioterrorism, 2006,” December 2006. (http://healthyamericans.org/docs/print.php?DocID=114)
Veterans
1. Veterans Affairs Committee, Majority Staff.
2.Veterans Independent Budget.
3. Linda Bilmes, Soldiers Returning from Iraq and Afghanistan: The Long-term Costs of Providing Veterans Medical Care and Disability Benefits, January 2007. (http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/Research/wpaper.nsf/rwp/RWP07-001/$File/rwp_07_001_bilmes.pdf)
4. Veterans Health Administration, Office of Public Health and Environmental Factors, November 2006.
5. Veterans Health Administration, Office of Public Health and Environmental Factors, November 2006.
6. Veterans Health Administration, Office of Public Health and Environmental Factors, November 2006.
7. Veterans Health Administration, Office of Public Health and Environmental Factors, November 2006.
8. New YorkTimes, 10/11/06.
9. Department of Veterans Affairs, report provided by the Veterans Affairs Committee Majority Staff.
10. VA Monday Morning Report, 2/17/07. (http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/201/reports/MMWL_REPORT_February%2020-07.xls)
11. VA Monday Morning Report, 2/17/07. (http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/201/reports/MMWL_REPORT_February%2020-07.xls)
12. GAO-05-749T (http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05749t.pdf) reported 254,000 pending claims at the end of Fiscal Year 2003.
13. VA Performance and Accountability Report, FY 2006.
14. VA Performance and Accountability Report, FY 2006.
15. Veterans Affairs Committee, Majority Staff.
16. Veterans Affairs Committee, Majority Staff.
17. CQ Today, 7/13/05.
18. CNN, Paula Zahn, 11/13/06.
19. CNN, Paula Zahn, 11/13/06.
20. Newsweek, 2/24/07.
21. National Coalition of Homeless Veterans, testimony to House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. (http://www.nchv.org/content.cfm?id=43)
Democracy and Development
1. Council on Foreign Relations, 3/14/06. (http://www.cfr.org/publication/10161/global_poverty.html)
2. New YorkTimes, 4/7/06.
3. New YorkTimes, 4/7/06.
4. Congressional Research Service, RL 32427, 2/27/07. (http://www.congress.gov/erp/rl/pdf/RL32427.pdf)
5. Millennium Challenge Corporation, Budget Justification 2008, 2/5/07. (http://www.mcc.gov/about/reports/congressional/budgetjustifications/mcc-2008-cbj.pdf)
6. Millennium Challenge Corporation, Budget Justification 2008, 2/5/07. (http://www.mcc.gov/about/reports/congressional/budgetjustifications/mcc-2008-cbj.pdf)
7. Millennium Challenge Corporation, Budget Justification 2008, 2/5/07. (http://www.mcc.gov/about/reports/congressional/budgetjustifications/mcc-2008-cbj.pdf)
8.Congressional Research Service, RL 32427, 2/27/07.
9.Millennium Challenge Corporation, Budget Justification 2008, 2/5/07. (http://www.mcc.gov/about/reports/congressional/budgetjustifications/mcc-2008-cbj.pdf) and UN (http://www.un.org/special-rep/ohrlls/ldc/list.htm)
10.Millennium Challenge Corporation, Budget Justification 2008, 2/5/07. (http://www.mcc.gov/about/reports/congressional/budgetjustifications/mcc-2008-cbj.pdf) UN (http://www.un.org/special-rep/ohrlls/ldc/list.htm)
11. Congressional Research Service, RL 32427, 2/27/07. http://www.congress.gov/erp/rl/pdf/RL32427.pdf)
12. UNICEF (http://www.unicef.ca/portal/Secure/Community/502/WCM/PRESS/50years/assets/FS/FS_Comparative_Stats.pdf)
13. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/59/51/34700392.pdf).
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