Bush to request $50 billion more for Iraq war: report
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U.S. President George W. Bush is preparing to ask Congress for as much as $50 billion in additional funding for the war in Iraq, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a White House official.
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Description: The Bush administration is seeking more leeway from Congress on spending in Iraq. The administration wants to shift $3.
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President George W. Bush on Monday proposed more than $700 billion in new spending for the military -- much of it for the Iraq war -- in a budget that would restrain domestic programs from health to education.
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President George W. Bush will ask Congress for $99.7 billion for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for rest of fiscal year 2007 and more than $145 billion for fiscal year 2008, a Bush administration official said on Friday.
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President Bush was poised to officially ask Congress Monday for an estimated &#36;82 billion to cover the costs of continuing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and a myriad of other internationally related expenses, including training Iraqi security forces and aiding victims of the tsunami.
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President George W. Bush will soon  seek about $100 billion in additional emergency funds for the  wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a report on  Wednesday by Democratic staffers for two key panels in the U.S.  House of Representatives.
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A report from the Congressional Budget Office says President Bush's plan for a troop increase in Iraq could cost up to $27 billion for a 12-month deployment.
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The Bush administration is working on its largest-ever appeal for more Iraq war funds &#151; a record $100 billion, at least, and that figure reflects cuts from wish lists originally circulating around the Pentagon.
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The Bush administration on Monday requested an additional $42.3 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, bringing the 2008 request for total war funding to $189.3 billion.
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The Bush administration is seeking  about $80 billion in new funding for military operations this  year in Iraq and Afghanistan, pushing the total for both  conflicts to almost $300 billion so far.
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President Bush requested $46 billion more today to pay for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and other security priorities, bringing the total request pending before Congress to $196.4 billion and setting the stage for another politically charged battle over the course of the war.
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The Bush administration is hammering out its largest-ever appeal for more Iraq war funds &#151; a record $100 billion, at least, and that figure reflects cuts from wish lists originally circulating around the Pentagon.
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President George W. Bush said on Wednesday that the U.S. Congress must fund the additional troops he is sending to Iraq as part of a strategy that Democrats, who are in the majority, and some Republicans have opposed.
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The Bush administration will  announce as early as Tuesday that it will seek about $80  billion in new funding for military operations this year in  Iraq and Afghanistan, pushing the total for both conflicts to  almost $300 billion so far.
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President Bush unveiled a $2.9 trillion budget Monday that rewards the Pentagon with a record $50 billion budget hike but pinches programs cherished by Democrats, including health research and heating subsidies for the poor.
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U.S. President George W. Bush asked Congress on Monday for $189.3 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, another huge request that faced deep skepticism from lawmakers opposed to prolonging the Iraq conflict.
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President Bush on Monday asked a skeptical, Democrat-run Congress to raise military spending by $700 billion -- much of it for the Iraq war -- and curb domestic programs from health to education.