2008-04-21

bleeding is supplemental

Blackwater's contract was just renewed by the State Department. The supplemental appropriation that's about to be brought up before the House includes ongoing funding for Blackwater's activities in Iraq. If we're going to fight this, we need to fight it now.

http://openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=5270

By month's end, House Democrats plan to produce a major supplemental spending bill - totaling as much as $170 billion - to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan into the next presidency, channel more federal money to the ailing domestic economy, and set policies they hope will begin to move US troops out of the Middle East.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2008/04/21/war_funding_bill_will_test_pelosis_strength/

more
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080428/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/iraq_reconstruction;_ylt=Aq8HHpOZuHmo9AjDrfs1J0Os0NUE

way more
http://www.sigir.mil/reports/quarterlyreports/default.aspx

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