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Subject: Bush Seeks $80 Billion More for Defense

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Betty

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Date Posted: 01:16:15 01/25/05 Tue
In reply to: Tammie 's message, "The War" on 08:12:21 03/22/03 Sat

Bush Seeks $80 Bln More for Defense, Underscoring Iraq Burden

Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- The Bush administration plans to request $80 billion more in defense spending, mostly for Iraq, underscoring the importance to the U.S. that Sunday's election in Iraq help stabilize the country.

The request, which administration officials said the White House may outline today, would bring extra spending for fiscal year 2005 to a total of $105 billion and add 25 percent to the $420 billion defense budget for this year.

Successful elections in Iraq may represent ``our last window of opportunity for a long time'' to phase out military operations and reduce the cost, said Ted Carpenter, a foreign policy analyst at the Cato Institute, a Washington-based research group.

Establishing a credibly elected government in Iraq may set the stage for discussions about a reduction in the number of U.S. troops in the country.

The U.S. has about 150,000 personnel in Iraq. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Jan. 11 that the U.S. may begin to withdraw this year as it turns over security to a new Iraqi army and police force.

The U.S. spent $102 billion through Sept. 30 on the invasion and occupation of Iraq, with costs averaging $4.8 billion a month, the Pentagon comptroller's office said earlier this month. The war has been funded exclusively with bills separate from the annual defense appropriations acts, starting with $62 billion in April 2003 and $65 billion in November 2003.

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