On the recordMarch 1, 2004
The administration wants to delay until after the upcoming Presidential election sending Congress the bill for keeping our troops in Iraq for another year.
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Robert C. Byrd
The administration wants to delay until after the upcoming Presidential election sending Congress the bill for keeping our troops in Iraq for another year.
Senator Byrd criticizes the administration's timing regarding troop funding.
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