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President Obama to Request Another $33 Billion for Unpopular Wars

Derrick Crowe, January 13, 2010.

The Associated Press reports that President Obama "plans to ask Congress for an additional $33 billion to fight unpopular wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Take Action This Weekend: Urge Congress to Vote "No" on the War Supplemental

ZP Heller, Brave New Foundation. June 13, 2009.

Want to know what $96.7 billion more in wartime spending will go toward?

The Iraq Supplemental: A Three-Ring Circus

Erik Leaver, AlterNet. May 8, 2008.

Congress thinks it's being cute in dealing with all of the funding for Iraq this year in one fell swoop.

Iraq, The Korea Model: A Bonus Track!

Joshua Holland, Raed Jarrar, June 8, 2007.

Jarrar and Holland: Just a few more words about permanent bases.

Iraq & The Innocent Bystander Fable

David Sirota, May 28, 2007.

David Sirota: Politicians and pundits pretend they are merely innocent and powerless bystanders to the most serious national security crisis in contemporary American history.

What Happens After Bush Vetoes the Iraq Spending Bill?

Erik Leaver, AlterNet. April 26, 2007.

The American public backs a phased withdrawal, like the Democrats are proposing, but Bush isn't listening.

The Threat of a "Clean" Iraq Supplemental Bill

David Sirota, March 28, 2007.

David Sirota: The prospects of a bill setting the antiwar movement back is still a very real possibility.

Updated: House approves 2008 troop withdrawal

David Sirota, March 23, 2007.

David Sirota: Progressive Democrats: The New Power Bloc In Congress