Wrapped into his $87 billion budget plan for Iraq (news - web sites) and Afghanistan (news - web sites), President George W. Bush (news - web sites) included goodies for defense contractors and key allies like Pakistan, and even promised to help 13,000 'militia combatants' in Afghanistan find new jobs. The 59-page spending plan, which Bush sent to Congress on Sept. 17, provides more than $292 million to upgrade military facilities far from the front lines, including an air freight terminal at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware and a 'munitions maintenance, storage, and wash pad' at Camp Darby, Italy. Bush is seen with Jordan King Abdullah II (L) at Camp David, September 18, 2003. Photo by Larry Downing/Reuters
US chief Paul Bremer gives a press conference in Baghdad. Iran is acting to destabilise the rebuilding effort in Iraq (news - web sites) and is suspected of having a role in shootings and bombings there, Paul Bremer, the US administrator in Baghdad.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt)
Republican governors Mitt Romney, left, of Massachusetts, Bill Owens, of Colorado, James Douglas, of Vermont, and Don Carcieri, right, of Rhode Island, answer questions Thursday, Sept. 18, 2003, during an appearance at the Republican Governors Association meetings in Boston. The governors answered questions about what they thought of Sen. Edward Kennedy (news, bio, voting record)'s, D-Mass., Thursday morning comments about the war in Iraq (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Olivia Nisbet)
An Iraqi fireman directs a front-end as they push sand onto an oil pipeline fire in Baji 38 kilometers from Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Thursday, Sept. 18, 2003. The oil fire which began late Wednesday Sept. 17, 2003, with firefighters and engineers at the site said they believed it was the work of saboteurs. (AP Photos/Rob Griffith)
A protester holds a banner portraying U.S President George W. Bush (news - web sites) as Adolf Hitler in front of the conference center building, where the VII round of CAFTA talks are being held, in Managua, September 18, 2003. Representatives of Guatemala, El Salvador (news - web sites), Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica are meeting to discuss the details of the Central American Free Trade Agreement. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas
An unidentified person walks past a shop wrapped in plastic in Alexandria, Virginia, September 18, 2003. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) on Thursday declared parts of North Carolina hammered by Hurricane Isabel a major disaster area, a move that will free up federal funds to aid in the recovery efforts, the White House said. REUTERS/Mannie Garcia
US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) (R) and Jordan's King Abdullah II answer reporters' questions at the US Presidential retreat Camp David in Maryland.(AFP/Luke Frazza)
A masked Palestinian Fatah (news - web sites) activist carries an automatic weapon during a demonstration supporting Palestinian President Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) in the Balata refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus September 18, 2003. U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) acknowledged on Thursday that his Middle East peace plan had stalled, and blamed what he called the failed leadership of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, shown having a drink in Berlin, will meet with US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) on Wednesday(AFP/Patrick Kovarik)
Jordan's King Abdullah II (2nd-L) and Queen Rania (L) pose with US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) (2nd-R) and US First Lady Laura Bush (R) after a joint press conference by Bush and King Abdullah(AFP/Luke Frazza)
US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) (R) and Jordan's King Abdullah II answer questions at Camp David in Maryland(AFP/Luke Frazza)
President George W. Bush (news - web sites) speaks to reporters after hosting a meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II at the presidential retreat, Camp David, Maryland, September 18, 2003. Bush acknowledged on Thursday that his Middle East peace plan had stalled, and blamed what he called the failed leadership of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat (news - web sites). Bush said Arafat had undermined former Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas' efforts to consolidate security forces under his leadership and to crack down on militant groups. Photo by Larry Downing/Reuters
Jordan King Abdullah II (L), and U. S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) (R), pose after they spoke to the press following a meeting at the presidential retreat, Camp David, Maryland, September 18, 2003. The two leaders discussed the Middle East peace process. REUTERS/Larry Downing
Jordan Queen Rania (R) and U.S. first lady Laura Bush listen to their husbands, U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) and Jordan King Abdullah II speak after a meeting at the presidential retreat, Camp David, Maryland, September 18, 2003. The two leaders discussed the Middle East peace process. REUTERS/Larry Downing
Jordan's King Abdullah II (L) listens to U. S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) speak after hosting a meeting at the presidential retreat, Camp David, in the mountains in Maryland, September 18, 2003. The two men discussed the Middle East peace process. REUTERS/Larry Downing
U. S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) (L) walks to the microphone after hosting a meeting with Jordan King Abdullah II at the presidential retreat, Camp David, in the mountains in Maryland, September 18, 2003. The two men discussed the Middle East peace process. REUTERS/Larry Downing REUTERS
President George W. Bush (news - web sites) said on September 18, 2003 that his Middle East peace plan was now 'stalled' due to what he said was the failed leadership of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat (news - web sites). 'Mr. Arafat has failed as a leader,' Bush said at a news conference with Jordan's King Abdullah. He said Arafat had undermined former Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas's efforts to fight terror. Bush is seen during a meeting with congressional leaders at the White House September 17. (Larry Downing/Reuters)
U. S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) (L) hosts a meeting with Jordan King Abdullah II at the presidential retreat, Camp David, in the mountains in Maryland, September 18, 2003. The two men discussed the Middle East peace process. REUTERS/Larry Downing
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C), who is also president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), raises his fist with his supporters at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo September 18, 2003. Japan will provide at least $1 billion in aid for the reconstruction of Iraq (news - web sites), media reports said on Thursday, as the government struggles to balance promises made to Washington with voters' misgivings about the Iraq war. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will want to have something to satisfy President George W. Bush (news - web sites), who is due to visit Tokyo on October 17, but will also need to avoid alienating the Japanese public ahead of a general election widely expected in November. (Issei Kato/Reuters)
Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) speaks to the Small Business Administration's 50th anniversary National Entrepreneurial Conference for Women in Busniess awards breakfast in Washington Thursday, Sept. 18, 2003. (AP Photo/Matthew Cavanaugh)
Beachfront resident Kathy Dewey walks over the buckled highway 12 on her way to inspect damage to her home after Hurricane Isabel plowed into Kitty Hawk on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, September 18, 2003. Hurricane Isabel screamed ashore in North Carolina on Thursday with furious winds and torrential rains that forced evacuations throughout the U.S. mid-Atlantic region, canceled nearly 1,000 flights and shut down the federal government in Washington. REUTERS/Jason Reed
A resident of Kitty Hawk on the Outer Banks of North Carolina carries a plastic bag with his belongings along highway 12, wrecked by waves caused by Hurricane Isabel, September 18, 2003. Hurricane Isabel screamed ashore in North Carolina on Thursday with furious winds and torrential rains that forced evacuations throughout the U.S. mid-Atlantic region, canceled nearly 1,000 flights and shut down the federal government in Washington. REUTERS/Jason Reed
Iraq (news - web sites)'s US civilian administrator L. Paul Bremer, second from right, and Iraq Water Affairs Minister Latif Rashid, third from right, inspect the Hawizeh Marsh during a visit to the Southern marsh areas, Thursday, Sept 18, 2003 near the southern Iraqi city of Basra. The marshes suffered badly during Saddam's eight-year war with Iran in the 1980s. He drained wide areas to build roads. In places, he electrified the water, killing marsh life along with Iranian soldiers. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
An unidentified Afghan elderly man, left, sells knives in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept.18, 2003. (AP Photo/Amir Shah).
Greek Foreign Minister George A. Papandreou lays a red rose at the site of the killing of Swedish Foreign Minsiter Anna Lindh Thursday Sept. 18, 2003 in Stockholm, Sweden. Lindh will be memorialized Friday in Stockholm with leaders visiting from all over Europe. (AP Photo/John McConnico)
Gen. Richard B. Myers, U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, answers media questions, during press conference at US Eagle Base near northern Bosnian town of Tuzla, on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2003. Gen. Myers visited US soldiers deployed in peacekeeping mission during his one-day visit to Bosnia. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)
The afternoon sun struggles to shine through the thick black smoke from an oil pipeline fire in Baji 38 kilometers from Tikrit, Iraq, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2003. The oil fire which began late Wednesday Sept. 17, 2003, with firefighters and engineers at the site said they believed it was the work of saboteurs.
Pfc. Guillermo Rodriguez, 24, of El Paso Texas, from the 362 Psychological Operations company in Al-Hambr, near Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Thursday, Sept. 18, 2003, picks up grass and rubish on poorly maintained equipment at a local pumping station. U.S. soldiers are helping the town with their water problems. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
A US military vehicle passes by an oil pipeline explosion along the main line from Iraq (news - web sites) to Turkey near the northern Iraqi town of Beiji Tursday Sept. 18, 2003. The explosion occurred around dawn just north of Beiji, about 200 kilometers (120 miles) north of Baghdad, witnesses said and the cause of the blast could not be immediately determined. (AP Photo/Samir Mezban)
Retired general and Democratic presidential hopeful Wesley Clark, right, talks to World War II veteran Frank Lacona, 84, during his first campaign stop Thursday, Sept. 18, 2003, in Hollywood, Fla. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
A US army truck burns following an ambush in the town of Khaldiyah, about 80 kms west of Baghdad(AFP/Zuhair Al-Sudany)
This satellite image courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Isabel as she makes landfall over the US East coast(AFP/NOAA)
A house is surrounded by water from the ocean kicked up by hurricane Isabel as it makes landfall in the Sandbridge area of Virginia Beach, Virginia.(AFP-Getty Images/Joe Raedle)
Sen. Edward Kennedy (news, bio, voting record), D-Mass., lies to reporters Thursday, Sept. 18, 2003, at the Associate Press Boston bureau. (AP Photo/Olivia Nisbet)
A U.S. Army's 101st Airborne division soldier prepares his weapon to fire during a training exercise near Mosul, 400 kms (250 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Thursday, Sept. 18, 2003. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
An Iraqi boy points a toy pistol in the face of a U.S. soldier as the two play together in a Baghdad neighborhood Thursday Sept. 18, 2003. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
A group of Afghan construction daily workers wait to be hired in a street in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Thursday, Sept. 18, 2003. Afghan construction workers make between 500 afghans (US$10) and 150 afghans (US$3) per day. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
False documents are seen in this British police handout photo released, issued Thursday, Sept. 18, 2003. A forensic scientist Graham Halksworth, was convicted at Snaresbrook Crown Court in northern England Thursday of conspiracy to defraud for his role in a trillion dollar scam using fake 1930's U.S. Treasury bonds. ( AP Photo/PA, Police handout)
A model wears a silver bikini and pink cropped zipper jacket during the presentation of the Tommy Hilfiger Spring 2004 Collection, in New York September 18, 2003. REUTERS/Mike Segar
A model wears a red and white polka dot cropped silk halter top and green mini shorts during the presentation of the Tommy Hilfiger Spring 2004 Collection, in New York September 18, 2003. REUTERS/Mike Segar
A model wears the latest design from the Matthew Williamson spring 2004 collection at Fashion Week in New York, Thursday Sept. 18, 2003. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Frankie wears a mahogany maillot swimsuit during the showing of the spring 2004 collection of Michael Kors Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Gubernatorial candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger leaves the CNN building after delivering an interview in Hollywood. Schwarzenegger chose to attend the interview instead of a debate organized by The Los Angeles Press Club in which four candidates participated, Lt Governor Cruz Bustamante, Green Party Peter Camejo, Independent Arianna Hufington and Republican Tom McClintock(AFP/Hector Mata)
California state senator and Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom McClintock makes a point during a debate Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003, hosted by the Los Angeles Press Club at The Los Angeles Film School. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Republican Party Chairman Ed Gillespie speaks in front of the U.S. Supreme Court (news - web sites) in Washington, D.C., September 8, 2003. Attorneys made arguments during a special session of the Supreme Court about the constitutionality of the McCain-Feingold campaign financing reform law. REUTERS/Stefan Zaklin
Rev. Jesse Jackson (news - web sites), left, and California governor Gray Davis depart from a news conference Thursday, Sept. 18, 2003, in Los Angeles. They rallied supporters on the campus of Los Angeles Southwest College against the recall election and Proposition 54 which is on the October 7th ballot. Proposition 54, if passed, will prohibit the collection of data on race, ethnicity, color and national origin by California state and local agencies. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)
California Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, left, and Rev. Jesse Jackson (news - web sites), wait to be introduced at a news conference Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003, at Pacifica of the Valley Hospital in the Sun Valley section of Los Angeles. They and health care workers expressed opposition to Proposition 54 which is on the October 7th ballot. Proposition 54, if passed, will prohibit the collection of data on race, ethnicity, color and national origin by California state and local agencies.(AP Photo/Ric Francis)
Rep. Harold Ford (news, bio, voting record) Jr., D-Tenn., center, accompanied by fellow members of the Congressional Black Caucus (news - web sites), gestures during a Capitol Hill news conference Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003, to discuss President Bush (news - web sites)'s Iraq (news - web sites) supplemental request. With Ford are from left: Del. Donna Christensen, D-V.I.; Rep. Jesse Jackson (news, bio, voting record) Jr., D-Ill.; CBC Chairman Rep. Elijah Cummings (news, bio, voting record), D-Md.; Ford; Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (news, bio, voting record), D-Ohio; and Rep. Barbara Lee (news, bio, voting record), D-Calif. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Rev. Jesse Jackson (news - web sites), left, checks to make sure California Gov. Gray Davis (news - web sites), right, and his chair are okay after the governor lost his balance sitting down at the beginning of a rally in San Francisco, Tuesday Sept. 16, 2003. Jackson and other religious leaders spoke in support of the governor in the upcoming recall election.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg) CAPTION THIS ONE FOLKS!!!
A metallic tweed jacket and black and white voile embroidered rosebud bikini are modelled at the Anna Sui spring 2004 collection shown in New York's Bryant Park, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2003. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)
A model wears a black and white trim halter bikini and floral print nylon and cotton jacket during the presentation of the Anna Sui Spring 2004 Collection in New York on September 17, 2003. REUTERS/Mike Segar
U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow, left, is received by Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shaukat Aziz, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2003 at an airforce base in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Snow is visiting Afghanistan (news - web sites), Pakistan to discuss choking off terrorism funding. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)
Palestinians gather around the home of Jihad Abu Shwairah, 34, which was destroyed during an Israeli raid in the Southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites) village of Zawaida Thursday Sept. 18, 2003. Shwaira, a senior Hamas activist, was killed in the raid. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
President Bush (news - web sites) delivers his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress, in this Jan. 28, 2003 file photo on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Swedish police spokeswoman Stina Wessling speaks at a press conference in Stockholm, September 17, 2003. Swedish police arrested a man who was suspected of killing Foreign Minister Anna Lindh, Wessling said late Tuesday night. The suspect, still unidentified, was arrested in a restaurant near the Rasunda soccer stadium in the capital city's suburb town of Solna. He was being taken to Stockholm for questioning. (Alexander Demianchuk/Reuters)
