GOP Congress Passed Bill for Celebration of Success in Iraq and Afghan

October 4, 2006
In Bill’s Fine Print, Millions to Celebrate Victory
By THOM SHANKER

WASHINGTON — Even as the Bush administration urges Americans to stay the course in Iraq, Republicans in Congress have put down a quiet marker in the apparent hope that V-I Day might be only months away.

Tucked away in fine print in the military spending bill for this past year was a lump sum of $20 million to pay for a celebration in the nation’s capital “for commemoration of success” in Iraq and Afghanistan. Not surprisingly, the money was not spent. Now Congressional Republicans are saying, in effect, maybe next year. A paragraph written into spending legislation and approved by the Senate and House allows the $20 million to be rolled over into 2007.

The original legislation empowered the president to designate “a day of celebration” to commemorate the success of the armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, and to “issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe that day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.”

The celebration would honor the soldiers, sailors, air crews and marines who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and it would be held in Washington, with the $20 million to cover the costs of military participation... The legislation was approved in the Senate by unanimous consent and overwhelmingly in the House after a short debate...

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/04/washington/04victory.html

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...unspent, when it's barely enough to pay for a tank of gas.

Leni Reifenstahl (sp?) brought back from the dead to film Glorious Leader's celebration? :silly: