From the AP at Military.com Bush Details $70B War Fund for '09.
These wars are being not only passed on to the next incumbent, but to our children, and perhaps theirs to pay for. Cost of Iraq War. CRS Report for Congress Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11. From Bruce Falconer, Mother Jones, at Truthout Contractors Gone Wild.
From the AP at MSNBC Four Marines killed in Iraq's Anbar province
Region recently been largely calmed with rise of anti-al-Qaida Sunni groups.
From Andrew Miga, the AP at Truthout Lawmakers Seek Probe of Pentagon PR Program.
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