Reuters: US Air Force seeks $33.4 bln in extra 2007 funds

[Eugene]

US Air Force seeks $33.4 bln in extra 2007 funds
28 Nov 2006 20:32:43 GMT
Source: Reuters

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By Andrea Shalal-Esa

WASHINGTON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force on Tuesday said it asked Pentagon
officials for $33.4 billion in extra funding for fiscal 2007 to pay for the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan and costs related to the "longer war on terror."

U.S. lawmakers have grown increasingly frustrated about the Pentagon's continued use
of emergency budget requests to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, given that
the military's costs there are predictable to some extent.

The Air Force submitted an initial $17.4 billion supplemental budget request in August
for fiscal 2007, which began on Oct. 1, but increased its request by $16 billion this
month based on new ground rules allowing costs beyond the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan, said spokeswoman Maj. Morshe Araujo.

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She said Pentagon officials had not yet decided whether to approve the fiscal 2007
request, which would come on top of the Air Force's base budget request of $105.9
billion.

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Full article: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N28248374.htm

[Benhurst]

1. The World's Only Superpower. Billions upon Billions for the

Military. Not one red cent for national health.

What a Dump!

[lpbk2713]

4. A Billion here, a Billion there.... Sooner or later you're talking about

bankrupting the US Treasury.

[kimmerspixelated]

8. Eek! I really hate yur Limbaugh!

It nauseates me!

[Red Zelda]

5. Exactly!

This third-world dump is now the world's biggest joke.

[BOSSHOG]

2. and if they get that allocation

they will spend every penny whether they need it or not and then plead poverty for the next year.

[leveymg]

3. Congress should just say, "No"

Take it out of the starwars and STRATCOM budgets. Mothball some missiles and bombers.

Downsize the AF Academy, particularly the Theology Department.

[sweetheart]

11. just say no to mugs. nt

[acmejack]

6. They had said they wanted $50B supplemental

before the ink had dried on their original $100B request. But this seems to be a different supplemental? U.S. Air Force Seeking $50B to Bring War Dead Home by Andrea Shalal-Esa Reuters November 2, 2006

[Hekate]

7. Hold a bake sale. That's what the families of the troops who need armor have to do.

Send the bill to Rummy. Bring our troops home.

Hekate

[Turbineguy]

9. I wonder what they'll spend it on

other than flying Chimpy McFlightsuit around on AF1

[DoYouEverWonder]

10. That's a lot of hybrid cars

but then we wouldn't be so dependent of foreign oil and we wouldn't need to fight wars in the ME over it.