Pentagon wants $190bn for war
26/09/2007 23:14  - (SA)  

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Washington - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates is seeking nearly $190bn to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2008, the largest war funding request in the six-year-old "war on terror", the Pentagon said on Wednesday.

Gates was scheduled to testify later before a Senate committee on the request, which was $42.3bn more than the administration's estimate when it presented its 2008 budget request in February.

"This additional $42.3bn puts us at just under $190bn for the global war on terror supplemental request for 2008 - $189.3bn, said Geoff Morrell, the Pentagon press secretary.

- AFP

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