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Emergency supplemental request for Iraq and Afghanistan.(LEGISLATION AND POLICY)(Excerpt)
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June 1, 2008
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[The following are excerpts of the Statement presented to the House Appropriations Committee Washington, D.C., March 6, 2008.]
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