Friday, September 29, 2006

Senate approves $70B for war spending (AP)

U.S. soldiers patrol a road in central Baquba 40 miles northeast of Baghdad September 18 2006. The U.S. Congress on Friday moved to block the Bush administration from building permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq or controlling the country's oil sector as it approved $70 billion for funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenAP - The Senate unanimously approved $70 billion more for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan Friday as part of a record Pentagon budget.


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