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Murtha: Expect Admin’s War Supplemental Next Week, Main Defense Budget Next Month

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Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

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By Emelie Rutherford The House's lead defense-budget writer said yesterday he expects lawmakers to receive the Obama administration's requests for the delayed war-funding bill a week from today and the next defense budget on May 4. House Appropriations Defense subcommittee (HAC-D) Chairman John Murtha (D-Pa.), along with House and Senate aides, said April 9 looks to be the day the administration will divulge the details on the Pentagon's proposed $75.5 billion supplemental war-funding bill for the final months of fiscal…

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