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Politics : Sioux Nation
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To: sea_biscuit who wrote (51813)12/7/2005 3:59:04 PM
From: SiouxPal  Read Replies (1) of 362356
 
Murtha: Another $100 billion for Iraq War
by kos
Wed Dec 07, 2005 at 01:09:40 PM PDT

Well, a war the neocons thought could be waged on the dime has already cost us $270 billion. And Murtha says that it's about to cost a heck of a lot more:

MURTHA: Twenty years it's going to take to settle this thing. The American people is not going to put up with it; can't afford it. We have spent $277 billion. That's what's been appropriated for this operation. We have $50 billion sitting on the table right now in our supplemental, or bridge fund we call it, in the Appropriations Committee. They're going to ask for another $100 billion next year [...]

QUESTION: Can we come back to the $100 billion? You said that you expect the military to ask for $100 billion. Where are you getting that figure?

MURTHA: Where I get all my figures: the military.

Murtha is the ranking member of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee. This isn't idle speculation.
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