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Air Force said to seek $50 bln emergency funds
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| Last Edited | RP Oct 31, 2006 01:13pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, October 31, 2006 06:25:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The U.S. Air Force asked the Pentagon's leadership for a staggering $50 billion in emergency funding for fiscal 2007 -- nearly half its annual budget, defense analyst Loren Thompson of the Lexington Institute said on Tuesday.
The request is expected to draw criticism on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers are increasingly worried about the huge sums being sought and approved "off budget" to fund wars, escaping the more rigorous congressional oversight of regular budgets.
Another source familiar with the Air Force plans said the extra funds would help pay to transport growing numbers of U.S. soldiers being killed and wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"This amount of money is so much bigger than the Air Force would normally request in a supplemental appropriation that it hints at a basic breakdown in the process for planning and funding war costs," said Thompson. |
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