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Пентагон изыскивает миллиардыы больше для войны Ирака
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США. Стробы Роберт секретарши обороны на среде спросили, что съезд одобрил почти $190 миллиардов (94.3 миллиарда фунты) больше в тратить для войн в Ираке и Афганистане.
В подготовленном свидетельствовании к комитету сената, стробы сказали администрация кустика изыскивала деньг для больше тренировки и оборудование для США. воискао, включая новые armoured корабли которые дают экстренное предохранение к войскам против бомбы взрывает. Фонды были на 2008 отчетных год начиная 1-ое октября.
More money was also needed to train and equip Iraqi security forces as well as to improve U.S. facilities in the region and “consolidate our bases in Iraq,” Gates said. Reuters obtained a copy of his remarks in advance of his testimony on Wednesday.
In asking for the money, Gates said he was aware of the controversy surrounding the unpopular war. Since September 2001, Congress has appropriated $602 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
“I know that Iraq and other difficult choices America faces in the war on terror will continue to be a source of friction within the Congress, between the Congress and the president, and in the wider public debate,” Gates said.
But he said U.S. troops had done far more than had been asked of them, and “like all of you, I always keep our troops — their safety and their mission — foremost in my mind every day.”
The administration had already asked Congress to approve
$147 billion for the war effort in the coming fiscal year. Gates said it was seeking another $42 billion more, bringing the total war funding request for fiscal 2008 to $189 billion.
The biggest chunk of the new request would go for force protection, including $11 billion for fielding about 7,000 more of the new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles, which have V-shaped hulls to disperse the impact of bomb blasts. This amount is being sought in addition to 8,000 MRAPS already funded or requested, Gates said.
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