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:: 7.17.2003 ::
Senate kills attempt to account for Iraq spending
By Mary Dalrymple, Associated Press, 7/16/2003 13:30
WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate refused Wednesday to force the Bush administration to specify precisely the cost of continuing military operations in Iraq, defeating a Democratic attempt to use a defense spending bill to criticize its conduct of the war.
The vote was 53-41 to kill a proposal by Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., to force the administration to submit an amendment to the pending $368.6 billion overall defense spending bill stating the costs.
''It's impossible to know what the cost will be of fighting this war in advance,'' said Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Dorgan said the administration knows it's spending $4 billion a month in Iraq and it makes little sense to pretend the costs do not exist. Story here. Thanks to Fark.
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