They gotta get it while the gettins good? Notice anti terrorism efforts thrown in there…….

(11-26) 04:00 PST Washington — The Pentagon is getting ready to ask Congress to approve emergency spending for the Iraq war, military operations in Afghanistan and anti-terrorism efforts.

The Defense Department is mum about exactly how much it will seek in the war supplemental budget request, but congressional aides predict it will range from $70 billion to over $100 billion.

This money would be on top of the $70 billion the military already has received for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 for war costs, and the approximately $380 billion Congress has approved for the Iraq war over five previous emergency spending requests since 2003.

This spending is also in addition to the $477 billion approved for the current fiscal year to pay for weapons procurement and maintenance, research and development and troop training.

Bill Hoagland, a budget adviser to Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., the outgoing Senate majority leader, said Capitol Hill is gearing up for sticker shock.

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