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Published 2/26/2009 at Reuters: Politics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is seeking an additional $75.5 billion for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for the rest of the current fiscal year in a budget released Thursday that reflects plans to pull troops out of Iraq.
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