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WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Robert Gates will ask Congress on Wednesday to approve nearly $190 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2008, increasing initial projections by more than a third.
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Robert Gates will ask Congress on Wednesday to approve nearly $190 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2008, increasing initial projections by more than a third.
$11 billion to field another 7,000 MRAP vehicles in addition to the 8,000 already planned;
$9 billion to reconstitute equipment and technology;
$6 billion for training and equipment of troops;
$1 billion to improve U.S. facilities in the region and consolidate bases in Iraq;
$1 billion to train and equip Iraqi security forces.
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