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Senate Approves War Spending, Iraq Withdrawal

By Brian Naylor,  Steve Inskeep
Published March 29, 2007 at 8:32 AM PDT
This story was published more than 17 years ago.

The Senate votes 51-47 to approve a bill authorizing $122 billion in spending for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill also sets a deadline for pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq. President Bush has threatened a veto.

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Brian Naylor
NPR News' Brian Naylor is a correspondent on the Washington Desk. In this role, he covers politics and federal agencies.
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Steve Inskeep is a host of NPR's Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.
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