Source: Bush wants $100 billion more for wars

• Request to ask for $100 billion more in 2007, $145 billion in 2008, official says
• Additional request would bring this 2007 appropriations to $170 billion
• 2008 request will be broken down into detailed form

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration will ask for another $100 billion for military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan this year and seek $145 billion for 2008, a senior administration official said Friday.

The requests Monday, to accompany President Bush's budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, would bring the total appropriations for 2007 to about $170 billion, with a slight decline the following year.

The additional request for the current year includes $93.4 billion for the Pentagon -- on top of $70 billion approved by Congress in September -- and is about $6 billion less than the Pentagon's request to the White House budget office.

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