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On war costs, Bush is master of disguise

On war costs, Bush is master of disguise: "By Neil Abercrombie | March 5, 2007
THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION has asked Congress to approve $93.4 billion in emergency funding for Iraq and Afghanistan for the rest of 2007 and another $141.7 billion for next year. This, on top of a proposed 2008 defense budget of $481.4 billion." ..........

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