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Lawmakers predict shift in war policy (AP via Yahoo! News)

Yahoo! News Search Results for afghanistan war news — Fri, 25 May 2007 16:03:16 +0000

Republican and Democratic congressional leaders both forecast a change in President Bush's Iraq war policy as the president prepared to sign legislation Friday providing funds for military operations through Sept. 30.

Pelosi: Bush’s war policy unraveling (AP via Yahoo! News)

Yahoo! News Search Results for afghanistan war news — Fri, 25 May 2007 15:28:36 +0000

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday the Iraq spending bill is a disappointment because it does not end the war, but that it's only a matter of time before Democrats get their way.

Bush to sign war funding bill Friday (AP via Yahoo! News)

Yahoo! News Search Results for afghanistan war news — Fri, 25 May 2007 14:33:26 +0000

Congressional Democrats will lose the first round when President Bush signs a new Iraq spending bill into law as early as Friday, but they say their drive to end the war has just begun.

Congress OKs war funding; Bush plans to sign bill (USA Today)

Yahoo! News Search Results for afghanistan war news — Fri, 25 May 2007 12:04:08 +0000

Congress ended a months-long standoff with President Bush on Thursday by approving a $120 billion spending bill that funds the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Congress passes war funds bill, ending impasse (International Herald Tribune)

Yahoo! News Search Results for afghanistan war news — Fri, 25 May 2007 11:57:24 +0000

Congress voted Thursday to meet President Bush’s demand for almost $100 billion to pay for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan through September, providing a momentary truce in a bitter struggle over war policy.

Grieving parents find solace in each other - Military News, Army News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, … (Army Times)

Yahoo! News Search Results for afghanistan war news — Fri, 25 May 2007 11:00:55 +0000

ARLINGTON, Va. — Among the headstones of Iraq and Afghanistan war dead buried in Arlington National Cemetery is a small but growing community of broken hearts who have found one other.

Dems: Fight over Iraq war has just begun (AP via Yahoo! News)

Yahoo! News Search Results for afghanistan war news — Fri, 25 May 2007 10:16:21 +0000

Democrats may have lost the first round with President Bush on ending the war in Iraq since taking over Congress in January, but they say their fight has just begun.

Congress sends Bush war budget (Middle East Times)

Yahoo! News Search Results for afghanistan war news — Fri, 25 May 2007 07:34:32 +0000

CONFERENCE: US President George W. Bush speaks during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington May 24. (REUTERS) WASHINGTON -- The US Congress sent President George W. Bush a multibillion-dollar Iraq war budget Thursday, after bowing to his demands to rip out troop withdrawal timelines that prompted a previous veto.

House of Representatives passes war spending bill (Deutsche Welle)

Yahoo! News Search Results for afghanistan war news — Fri, 25 May 2007 05:22:37 +0000

The US Congress has passed a multi-billion Iraq war spending bill for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, without a timetable for a troop withdrawal as demanded by the Democratic party.

House passes war funding bill, minus timeline - Military News, Army News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, … (Army Times)

Yahoo! News Search Results for afghanistan war news — Fri, 25 May 2007 01:16:04 +0000

Bowing to President Bush, the Democratic-controlled House reluctantly approved fresh billions for the Iraq war on Thursday, minus the troop withdrawal timeline that drew his earlier veto.