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Emergency war supplemental hides millions
By United Press International
02/21/06 WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Buried in last week's
$72.4 billion emergency supplemental appropriation bill for the
war on terror is nearly half a billion dollars worth of military
construction.
The bulk of the $485 million requested will go "to fund various
military construction projects to support U.S. troops in Iraq
and Afghanistan," according to the supplemental. "The requested
funds," the document goes on, "will provide force protection
measures, enhanced airfield operations and safety, power
distribution, water treatment and distribution infrastructure,
operational facilities and improved logistics, and associated
planning and design efforts."
But the supplemental also includes $35 million new money for the
expansion of the National Security Agency's top secret listening
post at Menwith Hill in Yorkshire, England, and authority to
spend $700 million appropriated in previous years for
construction or expansion of NSA facilities in Augusta, Ga., and
Kunia, Hawaii.
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