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To: Gary Walker who wrote (62881)	10/26/2004 2:32:42 PM
From: Suma	Read Replies (1) of 89467

IRAQ The $225 Billion Mess THIS IS JUST ONE REASON WHY... I WILL SEND YOU MORE... The Washington Post reported this morning that the White House is planning to seek another $70 billion in emergency funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan early next year, bringing the total cost close to $225 billion. Also, USA Today reports, "Pentagon officials are considering increasing the current U.S. force by delaying the departures of some U.S. troops now in Iraq and accelerating the deployment of others scheduled to go there next year." This will affect more than 20,000 U.S. soldiers. The new numbers "underscore that the [Iraq] war is going to be far more costly and intense, and last longer (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A62554-2004Oct25?language=printer) , than the administration first suggested." Unfortunately, the war has also been made longer and tougher in part by a series of serious mistakes and errors in judgment by the administration. (For an idea of just how much the war in Iraq has already cost your state, take a look at this map (http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=229415) .)

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