From Bloomberg:May 14 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. House passed a $96.7 billion war spending bill that includes money for President Barack Obama’s troop buildup in Afghanistan, a strategy some Democrats said they doubted would work.
The chamber voted 368 to 60 today to approve the legislation, which also funds the war in Iraq. House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey, the legislation’s chief sponsor, said the administration has one year to show its plan to send 21,000 additional troops to Afghanistan is enough to turn around the seven-and-a-half-year-old conflict.
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My Comment: 51 Democrats voted against their own President's bill. If the war in Afghanistan does not improve .... expect this total to double by next year.
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