Keep your eyes on the money.
Although this money was already appropriated in the 2006 budget, they are putting the finishing touches on the bill this week, getting it ready because they expect to need this money as early as November. Meaning the last $82 billion we gave them in May is already gone.
This will bring the total appropriations for the Iraq & Afghanistan Wars & "War on Terror Campaign" to $400 billion.
Your children's (grandchildren's) tax dollars at work.
Bill Would Give Bush $50B More for Wars via yahoo news
It pains me to think what could have been accomplished if that $400 billion had been invested in ending our dependency on oil and transitioning us into sustainable sources of energy.