Pentagon Seeks Record Level in 2009 Budget — WASHINGTON — As Congress and the public focus on more than $600 billion already approved in supplemental budgets to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and for counterterrorism operations, the Bush administration has with little notice reached a landmark in military spending.
Proposed Military Spending Is Highest Since WWII As Congress and the public focus on more than $600 billion already approved in supplemental budgets to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan [Halliburton and Blackwater] and for counterterrorism operations, the Bush administration has with little notice approached a landmark in military spending. The Pentagon on Monday will unveil its proposed 2009 budget of $515.4 billion. If it is approved in full, annual military spending, when adjusted for inflation, will have reached its highest level since World War II.
Proposed Military Spending Is Highest Since WWII As Congress and the public focus on more than $600 billion already approved in supplemental budgets to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan [Halliburton and Blackwater] and for counterterrorism operations, the Bush administration has with little notice approached a landmark in military spending. The Pentagon on Monday will unveil its proposed 2009 budget of $515.4 billion. If it is approved in full, annual military spending, when adjusted for inflation, will have reached its highest level since World War II.
Envoy: US troops to be in Iraq into '09 --Top diplomat offers no deadline on full withdrawal. President [sic] Bush's top diplomat in Iraq [Ambassador Ryan Crocker] said Friday that the U.S. plans to keep combat troops there into 2009, seen as the tipping point for establishing the nation's long-term 'security,' and he offered no deadline for a full withdrawal.
MPs warn Hicks not to sell his story The federal government expects legal authorities to take strong action against David Hicks if the 'confessed' terrorism supporter breaks the law by trying to profit from his story. Hicks is reportedly fielding offers from about 30 media organisations worldwide to tell the story of his capture in Afghanistan and his more than five years in Guantanamo Bay.
In Ill. Senate, Obama Rewrote Nuclear Bill to Reflect GOP Wishes When residents in Illinois voiced outrage two years ago upon learning that the Exelon Corporation had not disclosed radioactive leaks at one of its nuclear plants, the state’s freshman senator, Barack Obama, took up their cause. Mr. Obama scolded Exelon and federal regulators for inaction and introduced a bill to require all plant owners to notify state and local authorities immediately of even small leaks. He has boasted of it on the campaign trail... [But] while he initially fought to advance his bill, even holding up a presidential nomination to try to force a hearing on it, Mr. Obama eventually rewrote it to reflect changes sought by Senate Republicans, Exelon and nuclear regulators. The new bill removed language mandating prompt reporting and simply offered guidance to regulators, whom it charged with addressing the issue of unreported leaks.
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Interesting information about Senator Obama as he twist the story. He spoke in LA and said he didn't vote for the War as Hillary did. Now Obama couldn't case a vote as he wasn't a Senator at the time. But people will believe what he says anyway. Oprah just said Senator Obama is the smartest man in the World and with his many years in the Senate he is better qualified then Hillary Clinton.
Well it was a good run but now Obama is just out right lying just like Mitt. I know McCain can't wait to show the tapes of Obama's Senate history of mistakes, lack of voting and supporting Bush policies. All the spin and twisted stories can't change the video tape.
Bush is asking for 3 Trillion dollars for his War games, which is the most any President has ever asked for in the History of the USA. Now all the US programs will be cut as the money is going to the War and Contractors only.
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