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To: Dale Baker who wrote (9510)	4/22/2004 12:39:45 PM
From: tsigprofit	Respond to of 20773

The Photos You're Not Supposed to See Military Coffins thememoryhole.org At least someone has the guts to show them. These photos deserve to be shown on every network tonight. Bush and company are trying to hide the facts, and what their illegal policies have led to. I think this needs to be circulated widely, and broadcast all over.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (9510)	4/22/2004 1:03:37 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

Bush is also running away from the price tag: "Senior Pentagon officials on Wednesday said the war in Iraq was costing $4.7bn per month, a price tag they said could rise with US troop levels higher than planned and combat intensifying. General Richard Myers, the US's top uniformed commander, told a congressional hearing the decision to keep an extra 20,000 soldiers in Iraq through the summer would probably cost an extra $700m over the next three months. "The increased operation tempo [and] keeping 20,000 an additional tour in Iraq is going to cost us more money," Gen Myers said. Although the rise in US troop numbers - from 115,000 to 135,000 - is only authorised through June, Gen Myers hinted those levels could be retained for several more months, since US forces will need to fill in for departing Spanish troops, who had commanded the international division in south-central Iraq. Gen Myers said the increased spending meant the Pentagon was facing a $4bn shortfall in war funding, but added officials were working on budgeting - possibly deferring acquisition programmes that are not essential - to ensure adequate cash through to the end of the fiscal year, which finishes on September 30. The new estimates make it more likely that the White House may have to return to Congress for an emergency war spending bill before the November elections. Administration officials had hoped to wait until January to seek another Iraq appropriation, and Scott McClellan, White House spokesman, insisted on Wednesday that "current funding levels are more than adequate at this time". But senior members of Congress, including some Republicans, urged the administration to detail war costs before the election, arguing it appeared that the military was running out of funds. "You're going to have to help us or we're going to take action on our own," said Curt Weldon, a senior Republican on the House Armed Services committee."