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US House approves $96.7 bln bill funding wars


The US House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a 96.7-billion-dollar measure to pay for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars through October 1 as well as aid ally Pakistan. Lawmakers passed the bill, which also included two billion dollars to prepare for fighting an influenza pandemic, by a lopsided 368-60 margin. The measure did not include President Barack Obama's request for 80 million dollars to close the prison for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, amid congressional concerns about what to do with the detainees there...

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US House approves $96.7 bln bill funding wars

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May 14, 2009

WASHINGTON (AFP) — The US House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a 96.7-billion-dollar measure to pay for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars through October 1 as well as aid ally Pakistan.

Lawmakers passed the bill, which also included two billion dollars to prepare for fighting an influenza pandemic, by a lopsided 368-60 margin.

The measure did not include President Barack Obama's request for 80 million dollars to close the prison for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, amid congressional concerns about what to do with the detainees there.

The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved a 91.3 billion dollar version of the measure that includes the monies, but with tight restrictions forbidding their use to transfer or free any detainees on US soil.

After the full Senate votes, the two chambers will reconcile their rival versions to send a final bill to Obama.

The House bill includes 400 million dollars to help build up the Pakistani security forces' ability to wage counterinsurgency warfare at a time when US lawmakers worry about the nuclear-armed ally's stability.

And it includes another 600 million dollars in economic development aid to Pakistan and to improve education and democratic reforms there.

The spending measure includes 47.7 billion dollars to cover the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through October 1, and another 23 billion dollars to replace equipment damaged or worn out in the two conflicts.

Afghanistan would get about 980 million dollars for economic development and agriculture programs, to bolster national and provincial governments and democratic reforms.

Those monies would help Obama's new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, which he announced March 27.

But the committee also attached a provision calling for a progress report in one year's time on those two governments' cooperation with US goals under the new approach.

"The president cannot wave a magic wand and end that war," said House Appropriations Committee Chairman Dave Obey, a Democratic critic of the two wars.

"I have a profound doubt that he can succeed, not because of any problem with his policy but because I am dubious that there are the tools available in that region for us to succeed using any policy," said Obey.

The supplemental measure also includes two billion dollars to prepare for fighting an influenza pandemic.

In addition, it includes 151 million dollars for economic and security assistance for Kenya, Somalia, southern Sudan and Zimbabwe, and 470 million to help Mexico in its war with illegal drug trafficking.





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