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Showdown Looms on War Funds

Posted Nov 21, 07 3:45 AM CST in Politics,  World 

(Newser) – A showdown is rapidly approaching between Congress and the White House over funding for the Iraq war. The Pentagon has warned that up to 200,000 contractors and civilian employees may be laid off by Christmas unless Congress acts on a $196 billion request for war funds, reports the Washington Post. The money is stalled by Democrats who are demanding a shift in policy.

"We are calling on Congress to send the president supplemental war funding without arbitrary surrender dates and without micromanaging the war," said a White House official. The chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee countered that the US owes the troops "a way that leads home."

Source Washington Post

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Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., speaks about Iraq during an address at the National Press Club, Monday, Sep. 17, 2007, in Washington. A showdown is looming between Congress and the White House over funding the...   (Associated Press)
US Marines look over a rooftop searching for insurgents firing from a building in the distance during a firefight in Ramadi, Iraq, 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad. A showdown is looming between...   (Associated Press)
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