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$# 3 billion that president obama is requesting from congress, $28 billion is what the pentagon calls continuing the fight. some examples in there, $3.3 billion for what is described as force protection meaning armored vehicles and also for body armor and that sort of thing, protecting our troops in the fight. $2.6 billion for training afghan forces. ultimately, if the united states wants to get out of afghanistan, afghan forces have to be able to step up and take care of their country, and so those are some examples of where this money would be designated to go to. jon: so the taxpayer calcul...

Willing to fight but lack sophistication, education and equipment. $1 billion for iraqi forces, which is taking heat because some argue it's time for iraq to pay its own bills. the pentagon officials say the general believes it's necessary and defense secretary gate agrees with the assessment. >> he believes that we need to spend the money necessary to finish this job to make sure our drawdown is successful and the iraqis have the capability they need to assume responsibility for more and more security components. >> reporter: how much you're paying for the $33 billion war pum meant. you make ...