By Emelie Rutherford With a federal government shutdown looming after Friday, House Republicans are facing significant opposition to their plan to fund the Pentagon for the rest of fiscal year 2011 as part of another short-term extension to the rest of the budget. President Barack Obama and some congressional Democrats said yesterday they oppose the one-week continuing resolution (CR), which would start when the current CR expires Friday night and includes a complete FY '11 defense budget. The Republican-controlled House…
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