Bremer: Iraq Effort to Cost Tens of Billions (washingtonpost.com): "Bush administration is preparing to seek a 'huge' supplemental spending bill from Congress. Administration sources also said the U.S.-controlled Coalition Provisional Authority is running so low on funds that the White House is considering seeking an emergency infusion next month to cover the organization's bills.
Bremer's comments, in an interview with Washington Post reporters and editors, came on a day when the Congressional Budget Office said the federal government will post a record deficit next year of $480 billion. Wary of revealing specifics, neither Bremer nor President Bush -- who referred to 'substantial' new costs in a St. Louis speech -- would give details. "
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