Amazing, simply amazing, on top of everything else... Will Farmer Codpiece McChimpy have the cojones to ask for more $$ for his Iraq fiasco before the elections? Will he have a choice??? Will Re-Thugs revolt??
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28903-2004Apr20.html
War May Require More Money Soon
By Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, April 21, 2004; Page A01
Intense combat in Iraq is chewing up military hardware and consuming money at an unexpectedly rapid rate -- depleting military coffers, straining defense contractors and putting pressure on Bush administration officials to seek a major boost in war funding long before they had hoped.
Since Congress approved an $87 billion defense request last year, the administration has steadfastly maintained that military forces in Iraq will be sufficiently funded until early next year. President Bush's budget request for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1 included no money for Iraqi operations, and his budget director, Joshua B. Bolten, said no request would come until January at the earliest.
But military officials, defense contractors and members of Congress say that worsening U.S. fortunes in Iraq have dramatically changed the equation and more money will be needed soon. This comes as lawmakers, returning from their spring break, voice unease about the mounting violence and what they say is the lack of a clearly enunciated strategy for victory.