Bush requests $80bn to pay for on-going military operations
{{date|January 26, 2005}}
[[w:President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[w:George W. Bush|George W. Bush]] has asked the [[w:Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]] for an additional [[w:United States dollar|$]]80bn to pay for the on-going military operations in [[w:Iraq|Iraq]] and [[w:Afghanistan|Afghanistan]].

This is on top of $25bn approved by Congress last summer in the fiscal defense appropriations bill for 2005. Bush states that this money is to provide U.S. troops with "whatever they need to protect themselves" and also to fight terrorism in Iraq.

The money will support the 'global war on terror' until September 30, 2005. Of the $80bn, $75bn will be spent on the repair and replacement of equipment, training of the Iraqi security forces, and basic personnel costs.

The remaining $5bn will be used to fund [[w:United States Department of State|State Department]] embassy construction, activities in Iraq, and humanitarian operations in [[w:Darfur|Darfur]], [[w:Sudan|Sudan]].

== Sources ==

*{{source|url=http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jan2005/n01252005_2005012511.html
|title=Bush Administration to Request $80 Billion Supplemental
|author=Donna Miles
|pub=American Forces Press Service
|date=January 26, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/01/20050125-3.html |title=President's Statement on Supplemental Budget Request
|author=George W. Bush
|pub=The White House
|date=January 26, 2005}}

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U.S. President George W. Bush has asked the U.S. Congress for an additional $80bn to pay for the on-going military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

This is on top of $25bn approved by Congress last summer in the fiscal defense appropriations bill for 2005. Bush states that this money is to provide U.S. troops with "whatever they need to protect themselves" and also to fight terrorism in Iraq.

The money will support the 'global war on terror' until September 30, 2005. Of the $80bn, $75bn will be spent on the repair and replacement of equipment, training of the Iraqi security forces, and basic personnel costs.

The remaining $5bn will be used to fund State Department embassy construction, activities in Iraq, and humanitarian operations in Darfur, Sudan.

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