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Bush seeks 70 billion more for iraq Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041026-070715-1398r.htm http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041026-070715-1398r.htm Bush seeks $70 billion more for Iraq Washington, DC, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- If re-elected, President Bush will seek an additional $70 billion in emergency funding for Iraq and Afghanistan, the Washington Post said Tuesday. White House budget office spokesman Chad Kolton emphasized final decisions on the supplemental spending request will not be made until shortly before the request is sent to Congress, which would be in early February. If approved by Congress, total war costs would approach $225 billion. It comes on the heels of three earlier emergency spending bills approved by Congress in support of the war. In August, Congress approved $25 billion for the war as a bridge to the larger request the president promised for early 2005. Last October, lawmakers passed an $87.5 billion emergency spending measure that included $65 billion for combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. An additional $18.6 billion of that money went to Iraqi reconstruction. The Iraq war has proven so costly because of the unexpectedly intense opposition from insurgents, forcing the Pentagon to keep far more troops in Iraq than it had planned, the newspaper said.

Americans say enough Audit finds 9b dollars unaccounted for in iraq Auditors cant trace 97m earmarked for iraq { May 4 2005 } Bush adds 80 billion to war costs in january 2005 { January 26 2005 } Bush adds another 25b to war funds { August 6 2004 } Bush seeks 25 billion more Bush seeks 70 billion more for iraq Bush seeks 82b more for iraq Bush vows spend whatever necessary { September 7 2003 } Bush will seek 87b more for iraq { September 7 2003 } Byrd nayed voice vote 87b bill { November 4 2003 } Charity claims billions missing from us iraqi funds Costing 1b week Democrats try cut 20b iraq bill Goa rips pentagon atrocious iraq financial management { July 15 2005 } Iraq reconstruction money goes unspent { July 19 2005 } Lacks records for spending a billion { July 30 2004 } No blank check for war funding { May 13 2004 } Pentagon may cut forces in half { September 2 2003 } Pentagon paycuts for troops { August 14 2003 } Public says 87b too much { September 14 2003 } Republicans critical of bush 82b war request { February 17 2005 } Senators hide behind voice vote { November 5 2003 } Spending records on iraq lacking { July 30 2004 } Trillion cost of war War could cost 2 trillion says economist { December 2005 } Files Listed: 26

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