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Battle Over War Funds Escalates

President warns of Christmas layoffs

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 30, 2007 3:50 AM CST

(Newser) – The dispute between the White House and Congress over $196 billion in funding for the war in Iraq escalated as President Bush warned of imminent layoffs, the Washington Post reports. "The missions of this department are too important to be disrupted or delayed,"... Read full story »

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