Report: Bush Plans New $50B Iraq Spending Request After the Election

[acmavm]

http://www.misleader.org/daily_mislead/Read.asp?fn=df01202004.html

January 20, 2004

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President Bush and his aides have spent the last year and a half telling the American people that the war in Iraq would cost little. A new report by Defense News, however, says the president will propose another $50 billion, in addition to the $166 billion already spent.1,2 According to the non-partisan Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, the request "won't come until after the Nov. 2 presidential election" - effectively concealing the spending request from public scrutiny.

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Days after the $87 billion request made by the president, the Administration was questioned by skeptical Republicans and Democrats in Congress about the rising costs of continued involvement in Iraq. But even then, the president dispatched Wolfowitz to answer the charges with a flat-out denial. Despite the public record leading up to it, Wolfowitz told Congress that "No one said we would know anything other than...this could be very expensive."10

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[POed_Ex_Repub]

1. Well... if he manages to steal this one...

He's virtually guaranteeing a dem in 2008 with a proposal like that.

[acmavm]

2. There won't be anything left in 2008 if Bush* wins this year.

n/t

[lovedems]

3. If he does get re-selected, I smell impeachment.

How much more will people be able to take? This will be the third time they have lied about the cost of the war.