Senate approves $91 billion for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

By a margin of 86-3, the US Senate voted late last Thursday to approve a $91.3 billion supplemental funding bill to finance the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through September 30. The bill, which is expected to go to President Obama to sign within two weeks, brings the total expended on the two wars of aggression to more than $900 billion over eight years. Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - May. 26, 2009

The article notes the Democrats pro-war vote on funding escalation of the occupation and domination of Afghanistan.

Are U.S. soldiers the cause of the problems in Afghanistan, or the solution?

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