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Bush seeks $400 mln to reward Iraq, Afghan allies
09 Feb 2005 19:59:37 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush will ask the U.S. Congress for $400 million for nations that have sent troops to Iraq and Afghanistan, rewarding them for taking "political and economic risks," the White House said on Wednesday.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan said money for the so-called solidarity initiative would be included in an $81 billion supplemental budget request to fund U.S. military operations this year.
"This assistance will support nations that have deployed troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as other partners," McClellan said.
He said the money will "assist nations such as Poland, which have taken political and economic risks in order to act on their convictions, to develop and sustain the capabilities needed to do so."
Bush met with Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski at the White House on Wednesday, and said he was seeking $100 million "to help Poland modernize and fulfill its mission."
Poland, a European Union and NATO member, has supported the U.S.-led war in Iraq and said its troops will stay there as long as necessary, but its target remains the end of this year.
Democratic critics have derided past payments to Iraq war allies.
When Bush slated billions of dollars for Iraq coalition allies in 2003, Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia called Bush's so-called coalition of the willing "C-O-W for short."
"It appears to me that the U.S. is the 'cow' - the cash cow in this case. We are the ones being milked," Byrd said.
i knew poland wouldn't be forgotten. so do they split the money among all the "bussines" partners who sent troops or just the ones that remained?
Bush seeks $400 mln to reward Iraq, Afghan allies
09 Feb 2005 19:59:37 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush will ask the U.S. Congress for $400 million for nations that have sent troops to Iraq and Afghanistan, rewarding them for taking "political and economic risks," the White House said on Wednesday.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan said money for the so-called solidarity initiative would be included in an $81 billion supplemental budget request to fund U.S. military operations this year.
"This assistance will support nations that have deployed troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as other partners," McClellan said.
He said the money will "assist nations such as Poland, which have taken political and economic risks in order to act on their convictions, to develop and sustain the capabilities needed to do so."
Bush met with Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski at the White House on Wednesday, and said he was seeking $100 million "to help Poland modernize and fulfill its mission."
Poland, a European Union and NATO member, has supported the U.S.-led war in Iraq and said its troops will stay there as long as necessary, but its target remains the end of this year.
Democratic critics have derided past payments to Iraq war allies.
When Bush slated billions of dollars for Iraq coalition allies in 2003, Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia called Bush's so-called coalition of the willing "C-O-W for short."
"It appears to me that the U.S. is the 'cow' - the cash cow in this case. We are the ones being milked," Byrd said.
i knew poland wouldn't be forgotten. so do they split the money among all the "bussines" partners who sent troops or just the ones that remained?