    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [January 11, 1991]
    [Page 31]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    [[Page 31]]

    Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on Incremental Costs for
    Operation Desert Shield
    January 11, 1991

        Our incremental costs for Operation Desert Shield expenses were
    roughly $10 billion in calendar year 1990. We have already received $6
    billion in cash and in-kind support from our allies to defray these
    costs. We expect to soon receive an additional $2 billion more that has
    already been pledged to meet these 1990 costs. With these sums, and
    assuming Congress enacts the necessary appropriation, our coalition
    partners will have covered some 80 percent of our incremental expenses
    through December 31, 1990.