WASHINGTON, May 20, 2008 – Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates asked Congress today to act quickly to approve the president’s $102.5 billion fiscal 2008 supplemental war budget request.
Gates told members of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense subcommittee that the delay in passing the emergency legislation means the department is now using fourth-quarter funds from the department’s base budget to cover current war costs.
If Congress doesn’t act soon, Gates said, two critical accounts will run dry, starting with Army military personnel.
“After June 15, we will run out of funds in this account to pay soldiers, including those in Iraq and Afghanistan,” Gates said.
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