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WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Bush Vows to Veto Defense Bill NewsMax.com Wires Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2001 12:29:47 PM EST Message-ID: By KATHY A. GAMBRELL, White House reporter WASHINGTON -- The White House said Wednesday President George W. Bush would veto the Defense Department appropriations bill if it does not arrive on his desk free of spending amendments unrelated to the war on terrorism. "The president has made it plain as day he will veto anything that is not a clean appropriation for the Department of Defense. The president feels very strongly that at a time when our nation is in the midst of a war, that war should not be fought on last year's budget," White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer told reporters in his morning briefing. "The Pentagon needs additional resources to fight the war. That defense funding should not be complicated or clouded as a result of items not pertaining to the war on terrorism," he said. President Bush talked early Wednesday morning with congressional leaders during a weekly breakfast meeting at the White House. Fleischer said the president made his position on the defense bill clear to them saying, "'I'll veto it. I'll send it right back to you.'" The U.S. House of Representatives last week approved the $318 billion defense bill on a 406 to 20 vote after agreeing to limit the anti-terrorism spending package to $20 billion. That was over objections of Democrats who wanted to increase anti-terror spending by an additional $23 billion for homeland security and aid to help New York City rebuild after the Sept. 11 attacks. Returning to Capitol Hill after his meeting with the president, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., said the major sticking point on the defense bill was about "a significant difference of opinion about how to proceed on the homeland defense" part of what we consider to be a major question involving national security." "There is very little discussion or any debate about the fact that additional resources are needed," Daschle said. Daschle said an array of needs exist to protect the nation's infrastructure and nuclear facilities from terrorists. "We don't have the capacity to do that to our satisfaction today," Daschle said. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! Write to same address to be off lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
