$20 Billion Cost of air conditioning for troops in Middle East more than entire NASA budget

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I wonder how much A.C. the largest US Embassy in the world with between 8,000 and 16,000 employees, in Iraq, uses?

The United States spends $20.2 billion annually on air conditioning for troops stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan — more than NASA's entire budget, NPR reported.

In fact, the same amount of money that keeps soldiers cool is the amount the G-8 has committed to helping the fledgling democracies in Tunisia and Egypt.

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