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[BlueNomad]

UPDATE 2-Bush, in shift, taps into emergency Iraq funds
Tue Sep 21, 2004 12:40 PM ET
By Adam Entous

WASHINGTON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The Pentagon has begun tapping its $25 billion emergency fund for the Iraq war to prepare for a major troop rotation and intense fighting this fall, administration officials said on Tuesday, despite the White House's initial insistence that it had enough money.

The Pentagon has already used more than $2 billion from what was dubbed its "contingency reserve" fund.

The money is being used to ramp up production of armored Humvees to support the troop rotation, as well as to buy body armor and bolster fuel supplies, the officials told Reuters.

The decision to use the $25 billion in Iraq reserves underscores growing concern within the administration about the rise in anti-American violence in Iraq...

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