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Bush asks Congress for more war money
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| Last Edited | Servo Oct 22, 2007 08:28pm |
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| Media | News Service - Reuters |
| News Date | Tuesday, October 23, 2007 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | U.S. President George W. Bush asked Congress on Monday for $189.3 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, another huge request that faced deep skepticism from lawmakers opposed to prolonging the Iraq conflict.
Bush's request covers military operations for fiscal 2008, which began on October 1, the White House said. If approved it would make 2008 the most expensive year in the Iraq and Afghan wars and would be on top of about $600 billion already approved for those conflicts.
House of Representatives appropriators said earlier this month they would not even consider the new war funding request until early 2008, and that they wanted to link it to a plan to bring U.S. combat troops home.
But they left open the possibility of paying for the war through an interim measure called a "bridge fund." |
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