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Bush Demands Congress Pass DOD Funds; Democrats Issue Sharp Response

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Monday, December 3rd, 2007

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Congress is dawdling in providing funds needed to finance the Department of Defense (DOD) for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and military officials have run out of moves to stave off a fiscal crunch by shuffling money among accounts, President Bush told journalists in the Pentagon media briefing room. "No more money can be moved" among accounts, after earlier funding shifts, Bush said. Democrats said they have attempted to provide defense funding, but the president opposes provisions contained in…

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