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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: KLP who wrote (149860)	5/31/2001 9:19:39 AM
From: ColtonGang	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Bush Eyes Additional $5.6 Billion For Military Increase Is Far Less Than Services Expected _____Special Report_____ By Roberto Suro and Thomas E. Ricks Washington Post Staff Writers Thursday, May 31, 2001; Page A01 President Bush will ask Congress for extra defense spending of $5.6 billion in the current fiscal year, administration officials said yesterday, which is far less than the armed services expected from a new president who campaigned on a promise to substantially increase the Pentagon budget.