Buried in this article on Secretary of Defense Robert Gates staying in office for the incoming Obama Administration, is this mention of the next war funding request from the current administration:

And Gates said that the next request for emergency war funding, an estimated $83 billion, would be delivered to Congress in a matter of weeks. If approved, it would bring the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to about $947 billion.

I guess this news is competing emergency financial rescue sums with the word "trillion" attached to their numbers. Anyway, $83 billion is still a lot of cheddar, so this is something to keep an eye on.

An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 113 refuels from a U.S. Air Force KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft while two F/A-18E Super Hornets assigned to VFA 115 fly alongside during flight operations above Afghanistan Aug. 28, 2008. VFA 113 and VFA 115 are attached to Carrier Air Wing 14 aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). (DoD photo by Cmdr. Erik Etz, U.S. Navy/Released)