Not that it matters much

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Since our own government has said training the Iraq police and military didn't have much to do with drawing down American troop numbers, but how is that training coming these days? This isn't very encouraging.

Link below; my emphasis.

"The U.S. military has spent just 40 percent of the $7 billion appropriated in 2005 for the training of Iraqi and Afghanistan security forces, a top Pentagon priority that is lynchpin for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.

The slow pace of spending was outlined in a congressional report that also raised questions about whether the Pentagon needs the full $5.9 billion it has requested for training this year in an emergency spending bill that is pending in Congress.

The report comes as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the Bush administration have complained about cuts in the funding for Iraqi forces that is included in the House-passed version of the bill."


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12317121/

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