Cost of Maneuvers in Honduras to Top $5 Million
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WASHINGTON — The price tag for last month’s deployment of 3,150 American troops to Honduras is likely to be somewhere between $5 million and $10 million, according to the Pentagon.
Spokesman Dan Howard gave the estimate Thursday but said final figures won’t be available for 30 to 60 days. The soldiers were airlifted on March 17 and 18 after Nicaraguan troops crossed into Honduras to mount an attack on U.S.-backed Contras.
The last U.S. troops returned home on Thursday.
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