WASHINGTON (CNN) - The Pentagon called for swift passage of a bill providing additional funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan after Republicans blocked its passage in the House.
Congress is now engaged in other than to reiterate the department's strong desire to see lawmakers pass our war funding as quickly and as cleanly as possible," Geoff Morrell, a spokesman for the Defense Department, said after the vote.
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By Caitlin Harrington and Nathan Hodge The administration of US President George W Bush has presided over the largest defence spending increase in three

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Pentagon called for swift passage of a bill providing additional funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan after Republicans

Committee Chairman Sen. Robert Byrd delivers his opening remarks before the Senate Appropriations Committee Thursday. Republicans, protesting a Democratic