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Bush 'to ask for more war funds'
The US administration is expected to request an additional $80bn for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Via BBC News
This extract reaches the limit of my thinking:
Congressional aides said three-quarters of the expected $80bn spending request is likely to be for the army. It is also expected to include money for building a US embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, estimated to cost $1.5bn.
Spending request
The budget request will also give an idea of the president's other foreign policy priorities, with significant sums likely to be allocated to help the new Palestinian and Ukrainian governments.
The package that Mr Bush will eventually put to Congress is also expected to include $650m in aid for Asian nations hit by last month's tsunami.
Notice the difference of bn and m.
Posted on January 25, 2005
in Limit of my knowledge
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