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Army

House Proposes Omnibus Package That Includes War Money, $4.3 Billion For JIEDDO

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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

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By Jen DiMascio The chairman of the House Appropriations Committee early yesterday disclosed its plan to fund the federal government and the military's war efforts, which includes $4.3 billion for the Pentagon's Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization. The bill written in the House walks a political fine line between responding to the potential for Defense Department layoffs of stateside civilian personnel and calls to end the war in Iraq. House Democrats, who have pledged not to sign another "blank…

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