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Democrats press Bush budget over war funding and powers
In a Senate hearing on the 2003 defense budget, lawmakers question a $10 billion reserve fund for unspecified future wars and Congress's authority to authorize such spending. Gen Myers warns troops could face harm in the Philippines as the anti-terror effort widens, while Rumsfeld defends a $379 billion request and explains aims to fight terrorism, rebuild after a decade of underfunding, and prepare for future conflicts.
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Washington
Democrats
Bush
Congress
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Richard Myers
Philippines
Senate Armed Services Committee
Carl Levin
Pentagon
Levin
D-Mich
Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Iraq
Iran
North Korea
Rumsfeld
United States
al-Qaida
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Afghanistan
Byrd
Senate Appropriations Committee
Jim Bunning
R-Ky
al- Qaida
Osama bin Laden
Bunning
Rumsfeld and Myers
U.S
Myers
Defense Department