The White House and Pentagon may be forced to issue a new wartime supplemental by next spring to support the military's presence in Iraq and the ongoing surge in Afghanistan, Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) said today. Murtha, the chairman of the House appropriations defense subcommittee, told reporters U.S. forces in Southwest Asia will need more than the $128.3 billion set aside for combat operations in the fiscal year 2010 "Overseas Deployments and Other Activities" fund, or wartime supplemental. "I predict...
