Mark Dayton: “I was here 2 days ago when the same statement was made about the need for funds and when that would occur next year.…”

“I was here 2 days ago when the same statement was made about the need for funds and when that would occur next year. Then I read yesterday morning in the paper that same day--the day before, on Tuesday--the comptroller for the Department of Defense said in a supplemental appropriation that was made earlier this fiscal year there is $4 billion remaining for the purpose of war activities which, as the Senator pointed out, at the rate of $3.9 billion a month in Iraq, plus in Afghanistan $.9 billion a month--that would be $4.8 billion a month--there would not even be enough remaining amongst the funds to be expended to cover that.”