President Bush will ask Congress for another $46 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and finance other national security needs.
The figure, which Bush was expected to announce later Monday at the White House, brings to $196.4 billion the total requested by the administration for operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere for the budget year that started Oct. 1. It includes $189.3 billion for the Defense Department, $6.9 billion for the State Department and $200 million for other agencies.
Congress has already provided more than $455 billion for the Iraq war, with stepped-up military operations running about $10 billion a month.
After Nancy Pelosi and “dingy” Harry throw a fit and pass a couple of resolutions I’m betting Bush gets the money. While most Americans do want the war to end, they want it to end with a victory.
-Chris Jones
