This information was compiled by the Democratic Policy Committee (DPC), the research arm of the Senate Democratic Leadership, and released on September 6, 2005. A complete listing of sources can be found at the DPC website.
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--- Iraq ---
Approximate number of U.S. troops currently in Iraq: 139,000
Percent of coalition forces contributed by the U.S: 85.7
Weeks since the Pentagon developed a plan to draw down U.S. forces in Iraq to roughly 40,000 by mid-2005: 98
Approximate amount appropriated (spent) by Congress for Iraq operations so far: $218 billion
Approximate amount spent in Iraq by the U.S. last week: $1.03 billion
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) found: 0
Number of U.S. service members killed in Iraq: 1,886
Number killed since the President announced the end of major combat: 1,747
Number reported wounded by the Defense Department: 14,265
Approximate number of medical evacuations of U.S. military personnel performed since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom: 55,000
Number of National Guard soldiers killed in Iraq through August 27, 2005: 269
Number of National Guard soldiers killed in the entire Vietnam War:97
Number of Iraqi military and police killed since training began (June 2003): 3,051
Estimated number of insurgents in Iraq (November 2003): 5,000 Estimated number of insurgents in Iraq (June 2005): 15 - 20,000
Estimated number of 107 Iraqi military and special police battalions capable of operating independently: 3
Total amount of taxpayers' money spent by Halliburton that the Defense Contract Audit Agency has deemed either excessive or insufficiently documented: $1.47 billion
Amount charged to American taxpayers by Halliburton to build a movie library for its employees: $152 million
Number of movies in the library: 10,000
Number of nations contributing troops to Iraq as part of President Bush's "coalition of the willing" at some point during the war: 37
Number of these nations that either have withdrawn or plan to withdraw their troops from the coalition: 14
Average size of troop contributions by nations with troops currently deployed to Iraq, excluding the United States, United Kingdom, South Korea, and Italy: 186
Amount of the $13.6 billion pledged by the international community for Iraq's reconstruction that had been dispersed as of May 2005: $603 million
Foreigners kidnapped in Iraq last month: 22
Foreigners kidnapped during the five previous months combined: 19
--- War on Terrorism ---
Days since September 11, 2001 that Osama bin Laden has remained uncaptured: 1,454
Days after bombing Pearl Harbor that Japan surrendered to U.S. forces: 1,365
Number of times President Bush mentioned the "war on terror" in one month before the 2004 elections: 71
Number of times in the six months following the 2004 elections: 66
Chances of a WMD attack in the next ten years, according to leading arms experts: 70 percent
Number of discovered cases of potential illicit smuggling of nuclear/radiological material out of the former Soviet Union last year: 200
Percent of former Soviet nuclear material stockpiles secured under Nunn-Lugar counterproliferation programs: 26
Number of terrorist suspects the Bush Administration claims have been convicted since September 11, 2001: 200
Number that have actually been convicted: 39
Total hours of wiretap recordings related to counterterrorism that the FBI has failed to review: 8,000
Average time the FBI requires to hire contract linguists to review the tapes: 16 months
--- U.S. Military Personnel - Readiness/Strain ---
Total National Guard and Reserve personnel currently deployed: 145,953
Percentage of the Army's Third Infantry Division currently serving a second tour in Iraq: 50
Number of Marine battalions that are currently serving or preparing to serve their third combat tour in Iraq: 5
Of the 333 Army National Guard infantry, military police, armor, and Special Forces units, the number currently combat-ready without reinforcements: 6
Percent of Army Reserve ineligible for deployment because of recent deployments, lack of training, medical reasons, etc.: 84
Value of total Reserve Component equipment shortage, beginning Fiscal Year 2005: $15.21 billion
Army National Guard equipment shortage, as a percentage of the total: 76.7
Shortage of Captains, who serve as unit-level leaders, in the Army Reserve: 52 percent
