Bush Will Seek $87 Billion for Iraq

Reuters via Washington Post ^ | 9-7-03

[dogbyte12]

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. (snip)

[olliemb]

Your opinions are yours, even your thoughts that maybe you are an a##hole. My comments were directed to your thoughtless statements--don't excuse your comments b/c you were emotional. That excuse is unacceptable. Think before you splatter your words for the whole world to read--no grovelling is needed just mere shutting up and quit defending what you did and said.

[olliemb]

The president said major hostilities--not the war--were over. No more bombing, no more destruction of the infrastrucure--we drove Saddam out of Bagdad, the capital was conquered. The war however continues. Just like the opposition--misquote the president's words to get your point across. Just the facts, Bella, not your spin.

Tell me, are you happy that there was no retaliation when we were attacked in the 1990's--Cole, Khobar towers, the barracks?--a lot more people were killed back then than we have lost soldiers in Iraq. A lot more people are killed daily in USA.

We are at war since 9/11/2001. The war will be long but as Winston Churchill said--"Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never--in nothing, great or small, large or petty---never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense."

Stick with your country--

[boingo_temp]

"This article should give you a better idea: "

No offence intended, but a long time ago I stopped following links to 5,000 word articles on agenda sites in response to a simple question. FR’s loaded with lots of end-of-the-worlders. I sometimes like debating with them, but only if they can express themselves in their own words.

[Bella]

http://www.worldpolicy.org/projects/arms/updates/PR081203.html

[Vis Numar]

You think there's a shot for Bush getting at a trillion dollar deficit this year? Or will we have to wait for re-election giveaways to get there next year?

[Stultis]

Your link: sniping and sneering from "multilateralists" who seek to subject American policy to the direction of "writers and public intellectuals committed to internationalist thinking" (about page).

Notice, however, that neither you or the leftist World Policy Institute have any comment on the stunning and rapid RESULTS achieved in Iraq. Intentionally or not, you're a shill for the radical-left, who want these efforts directed by "intellectuals committed to internationalist thinking," because that is a sure recipe for failure, AND, btw, for much more profligate spending with far fewer results, and infintely less control by elected representatives of American tax payers.

[olliemb]

Have you read the Patriot ACt?--sounds like you do not understand it. See if you can catch the interview by Brit Hume with John Ashcroft--it was very interesting--the justice department has to show the congress all that it has done every 6 months, and the justice department needs to get permission from the judges to do things. It was a very revealing interview which I am sure you will enjoy.

[olliemb]

Have you read the Patriot ACt?--sounds like you do not understand it. See if you can catch the interview by Brit Hume with John Ashcroft--it was very interesting--the justice department has to show the congress all that it has done every 6 months, and the justice department needs to get permission from the judges to do things. It was a very revealing interview which I am sure you will enjoy.

[Stultis]

I think you have misread sarcasm by roses of sharon.

[ohioWfan]

I love you, Fred.

You are so adorable sometimes......and always.....always so clever!

(btw, REALITY.....Eric WOULDN'T have served under xlinton. We had to sign for him since he was only 17, and we wouldn't have done so if the debauched one were CiC......and Eric wouldn't have wanted to serve until he was out of office either).

Oh, and TODD.......since I know you've been lurking on this thread to cut and paste for your Kindergarten projects over there at LP, let me remind you to use the roundy kind of scissors, and not the sharp ones, so you don't hurt your little fingers.........Kay?????)

[Luis Gonzalez]

hehehe...