[THS] U.S. Congress Passes $59 Bn Afghan War Funding Bill

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U.S. Congress Passes $59 Bn Afghan War Funding Bill:

The new funding is on top of the $130 billion Congress already approved for
Afghanistan and Iraq this year.
http://www.rttnews.com/Content/Policy.aspx?Id=1372920&SM=1

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Funding the Afghan Occupation:

How They Voted
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2010/roll474.xml

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Democrats abandon Obama on Afghanistan war:

The House's vote yesterday on emergency funding for the Afghanistan war shows a
significant eroding of support for President Obama's war policy -- from members of
his own Democratic Party.
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