Pelosi Statement on Supplemental Funding Request for Iraq and Afghanistan [View All]

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Supplemental request??? Didn't the Congress pass the fiscal budget at the end of 2004???

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Pelosi Statement on Supplemental Funding Request for Iraq and Afghanistan

1/24/2005 8:01:00 PM


To: National Desk

Contact: Brendan Daly or Jennifer Crider, 202-226-7616, both of the Office of House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on news reports late today that President Bush may as early as tomorrow request an additional $80 billion for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan this year:

"As Members of Congress, our highest responsibility is to provide for the common defense, and we have pledged to give our armed forces the support they need in these difficult and dangerous days -- both to win this war and to win the peace.

"As Congress works to ensure our troops have what they need to be safe, we owe it to them to critically examine President Bush's request and ask: What are the goals in Iraq, and how much more money will it cost to achieve them? Why hasn't the President and the Pentagon provided Members of Congress a full accounting of previous expenditures? Why, after all the effort dedicated to training Iraqi troops, aren't more Iraqi troops trained, equipped, and prepared to play a bigger security role?"

http://www.usnewswire.com/

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