What did Donald Rumsfeld predict about war in January 2003?
Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense ·
The Office of Management and Budget estimated it would be something under 50 billion dollars.
$815 billion appropriated for Iraq
Rumsfeld cited an estimate of under $50 billion for the Iraq war and called a $300 billion estimate baloney. Congress appropriated about $815 billion for it through fiscal 2014.
Congress appropriated about $815 billion for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn through FY2014 (Congressional Research Service, RL33110, Dec. 2014).
Prediction vs. outcome · War
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- Interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC's This Week; when Stephanopoulos replied that outside estimates said up to $300 billion, Rumsfeld answered "Baloney."