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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jay the Obscure: [QB] This just in...the Air Force needs emergency funding just to haul all the dead and wounded out of Iraq and Afghanistan. Via [URL=http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/11/air-force-needs-more-money-to-bring_01.html]Americablog[/URL] comes this Washington [i]Post[/i] story: [QUOTE][URL=http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/11/air-force-needs-more-money-to-bring_01.html]Air Force said to seek $50 bln emergency funds[/URL] WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force is asking the Pentagon's leadership for a staggering $50 billion in emergency funding for fiscal 2007 -- an amount equal to nearly half its annual budget, defense analyst Loren Thompson of the Lexington Institute said on Tuesday. The request is expected to draw criticism on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers are increasingly worried about the huge sums being sought "off budget" to fund wars, escaping the more rigorous congressional oversight of regular budgets. Another source familiar with the Air Force plans said the extra funds would help pay to transport growing numbers of U.S. soldiers being killed and wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. ----[/QUOTE][IMG]http://flareupload.pleh.net/uploads/19/cartoonII.gif[/IMG] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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