Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) meets U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Moscow May 15, 2007.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice attend a news conference in Moscow
First, tomorrow is going to mark the 100th day since the President asked Congress to provide funding for the troops. Because Congress has not sent an acceptable supplemental bill, the Department of Defense today is going to notify Congress of its intent to transfer an additional $1.4 billion from Navy and Air Force personnel accounts to fund ongoing Army operations in the war on terror. The funding is going to last about a week. It is the fifth one -- fifth such transfer that has been necessitated because of the lack of supplemental funding:
Ahhhh..our beautiful and intelligent Secretary of State!
We are sooooo lucky to have her!