DEMOCRATIC CONTROLLED CONGRESS HAS FIRST TEST: TIME TO CAP-SPENDING ON THE WARS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN

WASHINGTON D.C.--With the temerity of the tyrant, President Bush is now asking Congress for an additional $245 Billion to continue the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a request that surely won't be the last before his time in office has ended:

The requests Monday, to accompany President Bush's budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, would bring the total appropriations for 2007 to about $170 billion, with a slight decline the following year. The additional request for the current year includes $93.4 billion for the Pentagon on top of $70 billion approved by Congress in September — and is about $6 billion less than the Pentagon's request to the White House budget office. (AP, 02.02.2007)

If Congress approves this budget, they are only going to underscore that they really all are in the pocket of the Bush administration. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton is saying "Iran is a threat", sounding more like George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfeld than a Democratic senator. Senator Clinton needs to explain her reasoning, it seems fundamentally flawed. >>>>cont

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