WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the cost of U.S. military involvement and humanitarian assistance in Libya is about $800 million as of early June.
Officials estimate the U.S. will spend about $1.1 billion in Libya through the beginning of September.
The administration included those cost estimates in a report on the Libya mission sent to Congress on Wednesday. The report is in response to a House resolution that chastised Obama for failing to provide Congress enough information on the scope and cost of U.S. military campaign in Libya.
The White House also says in the report that President Barack Obama has the authority to continue U.S. military involvement in Libya even without authorization from Congress.
