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  • August 2008

    • Iraq Has $79B Budget Surplus

      Associated Press  |  Aug 5, 08 7:45 PM CDT

      Iraq Has $79B Budget Surplus

      (AP) - The Iraqi government could end this year with as much as a $79 billion cumulative budget surplus, based largely on ever-increasing oil revenues, US congressional auditors say. A report by the Government Accountability Office made public today prompted renewed calls from senators that Baghdad pay more of the bill for its own reconstruction, which has been heavily supported with US funds. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war spending  • Carl Levin  • John Warner  • Iraq reconstruction  • GAO

  • March 2008
  • November 2007

    • Senators: Vets Need New GI Bill

      New York Times  |  Nov 9, 07 11:36 AM CST

      Senators: Vets Need New GI Bill

      (Newser) - The US needs a spruced-up GI Bill for today's veterans, Chuck Hagel and Jim Webb say in an op-ed in today's New York Times . The Vietnam vets argue that the measure "was one of the most important pieces of legislation in our history" and call for a new version to cover the skyrocketing cost of education for those who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan. More »

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      Ted Stevens  • Iraq veterans  • Chuck Hagel  • John Warner  • Jim Webb  • GI Bill  • Daniel Inouye

  • September 2007
  • August 2007

    • Warner Will Retire in 2009; Dems Eye Va. Senate Seat

      Washington Post  |  Aug 31, 07 5:20 PM CDT

      Warner Will Retire in 2009; Dems Eye Va. Senate Seat

      (Newser) - After 28 years, John Warner will call it quits in 2009, after his fifth Senate term. The GOP stalwart who recently parted ways with President Bush on Iraq strategy announced his retirement today, sending Virginia Democrats and Republicans alike into a tizzy, the Washington Post reports. "I'm going to quietly step aside," said the 80-year-old military-policy expert. More »

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      Senate  • GOP  • Virginia  • Senate Republicans  • John Warner

    • Pols Slug It Out Over Iraq

      Politico  |  Aug 26, 07 3:36 PM CDT

      Pols Slug It Out Over Iraq

      (Newser) - Verbal bombs flew over the fate of US troops in Iraq this morning, heating up the debate as Congress awaits next month's troop surge report. John Warner, on “Meet the Press,” warned President Bush to “put teeth in these comments that we are not there forever” while Mitch McConnell reminded viewers that Dems coming back from Iraq say the troop surge is working, the Politico reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Nouri al-Maliki  • troop surge  • American troops  • Mitch McConnell  • John Warner

    • GOP Senator: Start Bringing Troops Home

      CNN  |  Aug 23, 07 5:12 PM CDT

      GOP Senator: Start Bringing Troops Home

      (Newser) - In a significant break from his previous support for the White House's Iraq policy, John Warner said today wants to see some US troops home by Christmas. The influential ex-chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee has opposed Democratic attempts to force withdrawal, CNN reports, but now says a partial pullout "would get everyone's attention." More »

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      Iraq war  • Nouri al-Maliki  • troop withdrawal  • Carl Levin  • John Warner  • Armed Services Committee  • pullout

  • July 2007
  • June 2007

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