New Military Bases in Iraq and Afghanistan in Budgetary Darkness

The U.S. Department of Defense is spending billions of dollars on military construction of bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, but the specific nature and purpose of those expenditures is not entirely clear, a Congressional Research Service memo stated.
"Very little information is available publicly on DOD's plans for bases in or around Iraq or Afghanistan," the CRS noted. The information that is publicly available on such military construction appropriations and related statutory authorities was helpfully compiled and described by CRS earlier this month. See "Military Construction in Support of Afghanistan and Iraq," CRS memorandum, April 11, 2005 (thanks to CH): http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/milcon041105.pdf