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Bush Administration Seeks $70 Billion for Wars

HeadlineJan 29, 2008

Hours before President Bush spoke, the Pentagon announced the Bush administration will soon ask Congress for an additional $70 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Meanwhile, in Iraq, five US soldiers died Monday in a roadside bombing in Mosul.

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