Meanwhile, while the Democrats delay, the Army has had to start cutting back on non-essential equipment repair and training to ensure it is able to fundourtroops in the field and provide support to their families.
We need to start once again respecting the Social Security Trust Fund and beginning to bring ourtroops home from Iraq so that we will have those resources to spend here at home.
So a supplemental is required in order to fund the new strategy in Afghanistan and fund the process in Iraq that will lead to a drawdown of all of our combat troops.