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May 8, 2008
5/08/08 Shachtman, Wired, $50 Billion for New Planes, Gear in War-Funding Bill
April 28, 2008
4/28/08 BBC, Hundreds of Iraq schemes 'failed'
April 23, 2008
4/23/08 CNN, $20M 'fence' scrapped for not catching enough illegals
4/23/08 Shalal=Esa, Reuters, War costs could be under $170 bln: Pentagon
March 24, 2008
3/24/08 Shannan, Intel Daily, How the Fed Buys an Ounce of Gold for 10¢
February 26, 2008
2/26/08 Lubold, CSM, Congress: Why should each military branch get same budget?
February 16, 2008
2/16/08 Fisher, IPS, POLITICS-US: Bush's Budget Sidelines Transparency
February 13, 2008
2/13/08 Borland, Wired, Budget Cuts Undermine U.S. Role in Atom-Smasher Project
February 12, 2008
2/12/08 Crutsinger, AP, Budget Deficit Running at Faster Pace
February 9, 2008
2/09/08 Abramowitz & Wright, WP, No Funds in Bush Budget For Troop-Benefits Plan
February 6, 2008
2/06/08 Pemberton & Dancs, FPIF, Bush Budget Adds to Military, Cuts Prevention
2/06/08 Flaherty, AP, Defense Secretary Declines to Estimate ‘09 War Costs
2/06/08 Jensen, NYT, Public Broadcasters Prepare to Fight Federal Budget Cuts
February 5, 2008
2/04/08 Hall, McClatchy, Federal deficits soaring higher, menacing the future
2/05/08 O'Grady, ?US fiscal plan will double federal deficit
2/05/08 CNN, Bush budget includes more money for Pentagon
February 3, 2008
2/03/08 Glod, WP, Area Schools Set To Lose Millions Under Medicaid Policy Changes
January 31, 2008
1/31/08 Pear, NYT, Bush Seeks Surplus via Medicare Cuts
January 28, 2008
1/28/08 Gray, Reuters, Bush to seek $70 bln in partial 2009 war funding
January 23, 2008
1/23/08 Reuters, US War Costs in Iraq Up: Report
December 22, 2007
12/22/07 BBC, Warning over Pentagon war funding
December 20, 2007
12/20/07 Hersxenhorn, NYT, Congress Averts Higher Tax Bill for Middle Class
December 19, 2007
12/19/07 Borland, Wired, Senate Passes Science-Slim Budget, Funding "Crisis" Feared
12/19/07 BBC, War funds budget clears US Senate
December 18, 2007
12/18/07 Weisman, WP, House Approves Domestic Spending
December 13, 2007
12/13/07 Weisman, WP, Democrats Bow to Bush's Demands in House Spending Bill
November 20, 2007
11/20/07 AFP, US War Contracts Top $25 Billion: Study
11/20/07 Hemming, Reuters, Too Much Aid to Afghanistan Wasted, Oxfam Says
November 19, 2007
11/19/07 Lubold, CSM, Pentagon is left scrambling to pay for war
November 14, 2007
11/14/07 White, WP, Republicans Seek Retraction of Report on Wars' 'Hidden Costs'
11/14/07 ANdrews & Pear, NYT, Bush, Confident on Economy, Vetoes Domestic Spending Bill
11/14/07 Doyle, Independent, Hidden cost of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq 'is twice what Bush claims'
November 13, 2007
11/13/07 Aversa, AP, Iraq, Afghan War Costs Are $1.6 Trillion
October 31, 2007
10/31/07 Mazzetti, NYT, $43.5 Billion Spying Budget for Year, Not Including Military
October 30, 2007
10/30/07 Pincus, WP, 2007 Spying Said to Cost $50 Billion
October 25, 2007
10/25/07 Flaherty, AP, Wars Could Cost $2.4 Trillion Over Decade, Analysis Says
October 24, 2007
10/24/07 Grier, CSM, Military spending: up and away
October 23, 2007
10/23/07 Roig-Franzia, WP, Bush Seeking Aid for Mexico In Drug Fight
10/23/07 Myers, NYT, Bush's Request for Wars Increases to $196 Billion
October 10, 2007
10/10/07 Leopold, TurthOut, Congress Ignoring Critical Report on Pentagon Spending
September 27, 2007
9/27/07 White & Tyson, WP, Increase In War Funding Sought
September 23, 2007
9/23/07 Cooper, NYT, $50 Billion for Military Is Added to Budget
August 5, 2007
8/05/07 AP, House Approves $460 Billion Pentagon Budget
July 28, 2007
7/28/07 Morgan, WP, House Passes Massive Farm Bill
July 27, 2007
7/27/07 MacAskill, Guardian, Congress delivers blow to Bush's European missile project by slashing funding
May 17, 2007
5/17/07 Mongomery, WP, Democrats Make Budget Proposal
March 20, 2007
3/20/07 Rosen, McClatchy, Defense Spending Soars to Highest Levels Since World War II
March 6, 2007
3/06/07 Eaton, NYT, Casualties of the Budget Wars
February 27, 2007
2/27/07 Weiss, WP, Women's Health Office Funds Cut
February 9, 2007
2/09/07 Rivzi, OneWorld, Bush's Defense Budget Under Heavy Scrutiny
February 8, 2007
2/08/07 NYT, Mr. Bush's Improbable Budget
February 6, 2007
2/06/07 Grier & Chaddock, CSM, The Bush budget: What's in $2.9 trillion?
2/06/07 Cloud, NYT, Bush's 2008 Budget Request Doubles Spending on Replacing Military Equipment
2/06/07 Weisman, NYT, Democrats Face Limits in Changing Bush's Budget
2/06/07 MacAskill, Guardian, Bush Slashes Aid to Poor to Boost Iraq War Chest
2/06/07 Vanden Heuval, Nation, Defense Budget Follies
February 5, 2007
2/05/07 BBC, Bush submits $2.9 trillion budget
2/05/07 Berman, Nation, A Budget for Permanent War
February 3, 2007
2/03/07 Cloud, NYT, Record $622 Billion Budget Requested for the Pentagon
January 31, 2007
1/31/07 Layton, WP, Democrats Move Leftover Spending Measure
January 28, 2007
1/28/07 NYT, The Budget Illusion
January 7, 2007
1/07/07 Broad, NYT, Congressional Budget Delay Stymies Scientific Research