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Bush Demands Congress Pass DoD Funds; Democrats Issue Sharp Response

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Friday, November 30th, 2007

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Congress is dawdling in providing funds needed to finance the Department of Defense (DoD) and 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 said yesterday at the Pentagon. "No more money can be moved" among accounts, after earlier funding shifts, Bush said. But Democrats said they have attempted to provide defense funding, but the president opposes provisions contained in those bills.…

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