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Bush will seek 87b more for iraq { September 7 2003 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39702-2003Sep7.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39702-2003Sep7.html Bush Will Seek $87 Billion for Iraq Reuters Sunday, September 7, 2003; 7:48 PM WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush will announce on Sunday night that he plans to ask Congress for $87 billion to fund the U.S. military deployment in Iraq and pay for reconstruction, a Republican source said. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the money would fund U.S. military operations in Iraq and reconstruction over the coming budget year. The figure includes assistance for Afghanistan. Bush was to make the request in an 8:30 p.m. EDT address to the nation, the source said. The figure was at the high end of expectations. Some members of Congress said earlier they expected Bush to get what he asked for but wanted him to detail how long U.S. troops would remain in Iraq and outline a strategy for bringing them home. "What we're going to need... from this president is what we haven't had so far, which is straightforward, straight-from-the-shoulder discussion and talk and statements about how long we're going to be there ... how many troops we're going to have to keep there, for how long and what the costs are going to be," said Sen. Carl Levin, a Michigan Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee. He spoke on "Fox News Sunday." © 2003 Reuters

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