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Tab for Iraq and Afghanistan wars surpass $1 trillion

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WASHINGTON (WKOW) - The tab for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is now at more than $1 trillion after the Senate passed a $626 billion Pentagon funding bill.

The measure passed 93-7. The bill would also ban any transfer of accused enemy combatants from Guantanamo Bay into the United States.

Current law allows transfer of detainees to face trial or go to prison.

The bill combines $128 billion for overseas military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan with $498 billion for the rest of the Defense Department's budget.

Congressional researchers analyze the total approved by Congress for Afghanistan at about $300 billion and in Iraq at more than $700 billion since Sept. 11, 2001.

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