[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]



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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.