GOP Congress Already Set Aside $20 Million For “Commemoration of Success” In Iraq/Afghanistan...

The New York Times THOM SHANKER October 3, 2006 at 11:17 PM
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Even as the Bush administration urges Americans to stay the course in Iraq, Republicans in Congress have put down a quiet marker in the apparent hope that V-I Day might be only months away.

Tucked away in fine print in the military spending bill for this past year was a lump sum of $20 million to pay for a celebration in the nation's capital "for commemoration of success" in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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