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Senate Panel Moves to Shift Costs of War to Iraq
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem May 02, 2008 09:02am |
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| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Friday, May 2, 2008 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, May 2, 2008; Page A04
With energy prices soaring and the federal deficit approaching $400 billion, senators from both parties moved yesterday to force Iraq to shoulder more financial responsibility for its reconstruction and self-defense.
On a unanimous vote taken late Wednesday night and announced yesterday, the Senate Armed Services Committee approved legislation that would prohibit the Defense Department from funding any reconstruction or infrastructure program that costs more than $2 million.
Under the plan, Iraq also would have to pay to train and equip its security forces and provide the salaries of Sunni-dominated "Sons of Iraq" security groups. In addition, the administration would have to negotiate cost-sharing agreements for U.S.-Iraqi joint military operations, with an eye toward Iraq picking up the tab for items such as fuel.
Senators said they would move later this month to expand those provisions and bar any federal agency -- including the State Department -- from financing large-scale Iraqi rebuilding projects. |
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