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Bush to request $50 billion
more for Iraq war: report
Reuters
Wednesday Aug 29, 2007
U.S. President George W. Bush is preparing to ask Congress
for as much as $50 billion in additional funding for the war in
Iraq, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a White
House official.
The request signals increasing White House confidence that it
can fend off mounting congressional pressure to begin withdrawing
U.S. troops from Iraq, the Post reported.
The additional funds would come on top of about $460 billion
in the fiscal 2008 defense budget and $147 billion in a pending
supplemental bill to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the
Post said.
The request is expected to be announced next month after the
top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, and U.S. Ambassador
Ryan Crocker report to Congress on the state of the war, the newspaper
said.
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Asked about the Post report, White House spokesman Scott Stanzel
said no decision had yet been made about funding requests.
"We have said previously that after Gen. Petraeus reports
we will be evaluating what adjustments may need to be made to
our pending FY 08 (fiscal 2008) supplemental request," Stanzel
said.
"I would decline to speculate on this, as Gen. Petraeus
has not testified nor has any decision been made at this stage
about whether, when or what specific changes would be made."
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