[lbo-talk] Kerry proposes 40,000 more troops

Marta Russell ap888 at lafn.org
Tue Feb 22 11:10:30 PST 2005


That idiot Kerry - this really gets under my skin. I have called both Boxer and Feinstein's office. Here is a new toll free number 888 818-6641 Marta

"In September 2003, 115 House Democrats voted against the supplemental

military funding bill. This year that number could fall to a handful."

<http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/feb2005/kerr-f19.shtml>http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/feb2005/kerr-f19.shtml

Kerry proposes 40,000 more troops, as Democrats back Bush war spending

By Patrick Martin 19 February 2005

Led by Senator John Kerry, the defeated presidential candidate, leading congressional Democrats said this week they would support the $82 billion

supplemental funding bill proposed by the Bush administration to finance

its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Unlike previous votes on Iraq war

spending, not a single prominent Democrat has come out in opposition.

Bush sent the request to Congress on February 14. The request includes $75 billion for military activities in Iraq and Afghanistan, with the

remaining $7 billion for reconstruction costs in those two countries, as

well as aid for countries devastated by the Asian tsunami, emergency aid

to refugees from the Darfur region of Sudan, and funding to establish a

new intelligence center under the director of national intelligence. -- Marta Russell Los Angeles, CA http://www.martarussell.com/



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