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The White House has approved a $468.9 billion budget for the Pentagon in fiscal year 2008, a six-percent increase over last year’s request, according to a Defense Department document obtained by Reuters.It is also asking the Pentagon to cover some Army and Marine Corps war costs in Iraq and Afghanistan as part of the regular budget, rather than through emergency budget requests.The 2008 budget request is $4.7 billion more than the level the Pentagon forecast in its 2007 budget document

Pentagon eyes $468.9 bln budget for fiscal 2008 | Top News | Reuters.com

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