U.S. Congress And The White House Play Politics With War Funding

SENATE TESTIMONY - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee with Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, looking on in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, in Washington, D.C., June 16, 2010. DoD photo by Cherie Cullen

Robert Gates: Need War Funding By July 4 -- Politico

Defense Secretary Robert Gates told senators Wednesday that the Pentagon will have to do “stupid things” if Congress doesn’t approve a $33 billion supplemental spending request by July 4.

The military sought passage of the wartime spending bill before Memorial Day, but that slipped by, making the July 4 recess the next must-pass deadline.

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More News On War Funding And Congressional Concerns On the Pace Of The Afghan War

Obama letter stalls war funding -- Politico
Gates prods Congress on war funding -- CNN
Gates Urges Congress To Pass War Funding -- RTT News
Defense Chief Says Extra War Funding Needed Before July Fourth Recess -- CQ Politics
Gates 'increasingly concerned' by delay in war funding approval -- The Hill
Pass Supp Or Gates Does ‘Stupid’ Things -- DoD Buzz

Gates Reiterates Veto Threat on Defense Authorization Bill -- CQ Politics
Gates: Obama not afraid to veto defense bill -- Air Force Times

Dem lawmakers challenge Pentagon on Afghan war -- AP
Pentagon decries bleak views on Afghan war -- Reuters
Gates Says Afghan Effort Goes Better Than It Appears -- Voice of America

My Comment: I expect the war funding to be approved before July 4. Failure to do so .... in a time of war .... will make the Democrats look incompetent, not an impression that you would want to convey in an election year.