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3 hours ago ago from FanHouse
KIEV, Ukraine -Ukraine will provide Iraq with $2.5 billion worth of weapons and military equipment under a deal intended to shore up Iraq's fledgling armed forces before the planned pullout of U.S. troops, a senior Ukrainian lawmaker said Wednesday. Anatoly Grytsenko, head of the Ukrainian parliament's security and defense committee, said the agreement with the Iraqi ministry of defense calls for Ukraine to produce and deliver 420 BTR-4 ...
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1 hour, 24 minutes ago ago from FanHouse
WASHINGTON -Progress against the insurgency in Afghanistan probably will be slower than during the buildup of U.S. forces in Iraq two years ago, and the war will be "harder before it gets easier," a top U.S. general said Wednesday. Gen. David Petraeus, who executed the Iraq surge in 2007, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he supports the upcoming escalation of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. "While certainly different and, in some ...
Related contentJim Arkedis: Pentagon Spending: When $136 Billion is actually $301 Billion
45 minutes ago ago from Huffington Post
The Pentagon says it will spend $136 billion on the men and women serving in America's military. In the excerpt below from a paper over at the Progressive Fix , I calculate that the Pentagon will actually spend $301 billion on America's soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines: When President Obama signed a $680-million military policy bill last month, he fulfilled a promise to reform defense spending, slashing more weapons systems than any ...
Related content$1 Billion Spent on Political Ads in '09
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A media analysis firm finds about $1 billion has been spent on political advertising so far this year, with most of that money going towards -- you guessed it -- the health care reform debate. TNS Media Intelligence says because 2009 is an off year for elections, that $1 billion figure isn't even close to the record $3.4 billion spent on ads during 2006, Talking Points Memo reported. Two-thirds of the money spent this year was doled out ...
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1 hour, 11 minutes ago ago from FanHouse
WASHINGTON -The Pell Grant program for needy college students is facing a massive shortfall as the country's bleak job market drives people back to school. An administration official says the program will cost $18 billion more than Congress and the White House had anticipated over the next three years. The official, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the budget, spoke on condition of anonymity. The official said the administration ...
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