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The United States Senate last night approved a measure to provide $70 billion in emergency funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The amendment was added to the FY08 Omnibus appropriations bill.
Nebraska's Senator Ben Nelson, a member of the Armed Services and Appropriations Committees, joined 69 of his colleagues in supporting the amendment. Nelson issued the following statement:
"It is critically important that we provide the troops in the field with the equipment and resources they need to do their jobs. The Administration had initially requested nearly $190 billion in emergency, off-budget funding for Iraq and Afghanistan. I would have preferred to consider a complete package – or even better to have worked within the regular budget process. But it is crucial that we pass at least part of the funding now. I expect we will have a rigorous and necessary debate in 2008 about the rest of this package and our future mission in Iraq."
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