RSSHill battle on war spending looms
From: The Washington Times | April 26, 2009
President Obama’s $83.4 billion war-spending bill is headed for an unexpectedly tough time on Capitol Hill, where Republicans are scrutinizing the funding priorities and rank-and-file Democrats want to include performance benchmarks for the Afghanistan mission. Despite bipartisan support for Mr. Obama’s war policy in Iraq and Afghanistan, Republicans are taking a stand against the more than $81 million requested to shut down the prison camp at U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell last week railed against the administration’s move to close the outpost without a plan to relocate the roughly 240 terrorism suspects now locked …
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