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WASHINGTON — Sen. Wayne Allard and Sen. John Kerry had a televised, verbal skirmish over Iraq war policy today, blasting each other in back-and-forth speeches. Allard, R-Loveland, took to the Senate floor to defend President Bush's Iraq policy in the wake of Kerry's recent call for a dramatic shift of policy and accelerated pull-out of U.S. troops. "I've been very supportive of the president (on) Iraq because he has had a plan and he has stayed the course," Allard said. "Even though the political winds have been twirling around out there, he has been able to ignore those and move...

Bush Space Vision Dealt Setback by Senate Budget Committee By Brian Berger Space News Staff Writer posted: 09:10 am ET 08 March 2004 WASHINGTON -- With the United States experiencing record budget defecits [sic], the Senate Budget Committee is reining in many White House spending priorities, including the proposed 5.6 percent budget hike for NASA for 2005. The Senate Budget Committee voted March 4 to trim about $600 million from President George W. Bush's $16.2 billion request for NASA. The Budget Committee's budget resolution sets the guidelines for Senate appropriators responsible for crafting the 13 annual spending bills that...