Administration adds $80 billion to butcher's bill
Houston Chronicle
01/24/05
The Bush administration plans to announce Tuesday it will request about $80 billion more for this year's costs of fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, congressional aides said today. The request would push the total provided so far for those wars and for U.S. efforts against terrorism elsewhere in the world to more than $280 billion since the first money were provided shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, airliner attacks on New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The package will not formally be sent to Congress until after President Bush introduces his 2006 budget on Feb. 7...
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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
01/24/05
The Bush administration plans to announce Tuesday it will request about $80 billion more for this year's costs of fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, congressional aides said today. The request would push the total provided so far for those wars and for U.S. efforts against terrorism elsewhere in the world to more than $280 billion since the first money were provided shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, airliner attacks on New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The package will not formally be sent to Congress until after President Bush introduces his 2006 budget on Feb. 7...
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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 25. Jan, 10:11
