Friday, October 19, 2007

Increase in War Funding Sought

$42 Billion Boost Would Raise 2008 Total to $190 Billion
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates asked Congress yesterday to approve an additional $42.3 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, bringing the Bush administration's 2008 war funding request to nearly $190 billion -- the largest single-year total for the wars so far. ::READ MORE::

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