Global War on Terrorism

Since 2001, Congress has provided the DoD with about $808 billion in supplemental and annual appropriations, as of March 2009, primarily for military operations in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). DoD's reported annual obligations for GWOT have shown a steady increase from about $0.2 billion in FY 2001 to about $162.4 billion in FY 2008. This report contains an analysis of DoD's reported obligations for military operations in support of GWOT through Dec. 2008. It assessed: (1) DoD's cumulative appropriations and reported obligations for military operations in support of the GWOT; and (2) DoD's FY 2009 reported obligations from Oct. 2008 through Dec. 2008 for the GWOT by military service and appropriation account. Illustrations.