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Discuss the financing of the US war in Iraq, and follow Congressional debates about time tables for troop withdrawal. President Bush vetoed the first war spending bill, and recently announced that a new bill without a time table or even... [more]
Discuss the financing of the US war in Iraq, and follow Congressional debates about time tables for troop withdrawal. President Bush vetoed the first war spending bill, and recently announced that a new bill without a time table or even a non-binding goal for bringing the troops home, will pass in Congress.
President Bush held a news conference in the Rose Garden today and predicted tough fighting ahead in Iraq. WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush said he supports a $120 billion Iraq war spending bill on track to to pass Congress Thursday, ending weeks of wrangling with congressional Democrats on how long U.S. troops should stay. The bill funds the war through September as Bush wanted and does not set a date for troop withdrawals. In exchange for dropping restrictions on the military, Bush...
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Like this news is a surprise. The Republicans' dangerous stay the course plan is in full swing. Torture and murder are acceptable when clearing land for the so-called chosen ones and, President Bush is just following orders given by his Israeli masters. To hell with what the Americans wish, we are just paying the bills. Furthermore, this dogmatic situation will not end with the election of a new president. Because every presidential hopeful has been bought and paid for by the ultra powerful...
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War is hell - deadly, dangerous and hellishly expensive By William D Hartung http://www.atimes.com But just how expensive is it? In a recent interview, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz asserted that the costs of the Iraq war - budgetary, economic and societal - could reach US$5 trillion. That's a hard number to comprehend. Figuring out how many times $5 trillion would circle the globe (if we took it all in $1 bills) doesn't really help matters much, nor does estimating...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed a $162 billion war spending plan Thursday, sending to President Bush legislation that will pay for operations in Iraq ...
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A similar measure easily passed the Senate in May after Republicans blocked Democratic efforts to include a troop withdrawal timetable and other war policy ...
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Returning troops, the unemployed and Midwestern flood victims would benefit from an Iraq war funding bill approved Wednesday by the House.
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It couldn't come soon enough. President Bush agreed with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Friday to a "general time horizon" to have Iraqis take ...
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- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki due to arrive in UAE (news.google.com)
- Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki demands (news.google.com)
The Senate passed a $162 billion war spending plan Thursday, sending to President Bush legislation that will pay for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan until the next president takes office.
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By Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential candidate, welcomed the "growing consensus" yesterday around a timetable for ...
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Tucked into a $162 billion war funding bill passed by the Senate this week is $479 million for two emergency programs that could help farmers and landowners ...
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US: BARACK OBAMA has acknowledged that a surge in American troop numbers has improved security in Iraq but held firm to his plan to withdraw combat troops ...
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- Iraq troop withdrawal worries Mullen (topix.com)
- Barack Obama hints at backtrack on Iraq troop withdrawal (timesonline.co.uk)
- Obama's past comments on Iraq troop withdrawal (rss.topix.net)
In addition to increasing those benefit levels, both the House and Senate versions of the Iraq war spending bill would create a new program for those ...
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The Senate passed a $162 billion war spending plan Thursday, sending to President Bush legislation that will pay for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan until the next president takes office.The package, ...
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