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US House passes $459 bln defense spending bill | ||
2007-08-06 | ||
WASHINGTON - The US House of Representatives early Sunday passed a mammoth defense appropriations bill containing nearly 460 billion dollars in funding for the US military in fiscal 2008, slightly below President George W. BushÂ’s request. The bill that was rushed through in the dead of night contains no money for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as they are being funded through separate legislation. The bill allocates 459.6 billion dollars to the Pentagon, against the 463.1 billion dollars the president had requested earlier this year. The measure contains nearly 23 billion dollars to improve health care for members of the military and broaden military medical research programs and 2.2 billion to finance a 3.5-percent military pay rise. Another 925 million are allocated to specifically to address equipment shortfalls in order to help forces meet the demands of overseas deployments and respond to natural disasters here at home. The bill provides six billion dollars to boost the Army and Marine Corps by a total of 12,000 troops in order to reduce the pressure from extended deployments.
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Posted by:Steve White |
#4 Price of gold bullets? Price of rebuilding a metro area hit by a Big One*? *Particularly one responsible for regional business, energy, transportation, etc functions. |
Posted by: Proocpius2k 2007-08-06 15:38 |
#3 What are you guys firing? Gold bullets? |
Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2007-08-06 12:49 |
#2 Usual Dhimmi nonsense on missile defense: it will never work so why fund it If only this principal applied to social programs. |
Posted by: charger 2007-08-06 11:28 |
#1 The bill provides six billion dollars to boost the Army and Marine Corps by a total of 12,000 troops in order to reduce the pressure from extended deployments. Breathless Liberal Screed Alert. When the military tries to fill the additional authorizations without dragging more personnel out of the current flow of operations to man additional 'training' billets to accompany this 'surge', there'll be screeds in the MSM and the usual suspect sources that the military is failing to meet enlistment quotas. This will be amplified even though the overall numbers of the forces will continue to rise. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-08-06 09:26 |