do you agree or disagree that the supplemental appropriations for iraq/afganistan should be included in the normal annual budget of the united states? if you are elected, how will you submit these appropriations?

do you agree or disagree that the supplemental appropriations for iraq/afganistan should be included in the normal annual budget of the united states? if you are elected, how will you submit these appropriations?
Asked by: Gerald Wagner from Dayton, OH

Asked of U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) on Nov 20th, 2007

Categories: Campaign 2008 · Money & Politics.

Answer from: U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)

Of course. There ought to be truth in budgeting. I don’t think that this is a real complicated concept. It seems to me that war expenditures just as expenditures for human services and other essential functions of government have got to be transparent.

Elizabeth Wynne Johnson: Anything that you plan to do to see that happen?

Certainly in the Budget Committee, you know with the Budget Resolution, Chairman Conrad is going to make a big push to try to force additional disclosure of those costs.

Answered on Mar 6th, 2008