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By Linda Gradstein - AOL NewsBUREJ REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza -- Fatma Wishah, 65, is just trying to make ends meet. One of her sons, Mahmoud, owns a small hardware store in this densely packed refugee camp. His main business is selling sacks of powdered cement that come into Gaza via illegal tunnels from Egypt. "Everything is so expensive and getting more so," she told AOL News. "Since the trouble in Egypt, cooking oil now costs almost $2 a quart (up from $1.50). Cigarettes, rice, tea, everything's going up." According to United Nations statistics, 70 percent of Gaza's population of 1.8 million lives below the poverty line, ...
WH Says Funding Cut Could Prolong Iraq War
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyIn a new line of argument, the White House cautioned Congress that any funding cuts in aid for Iraq could wind up lengthening the war effort there. This is the first time that the White House has used this reasoning in its annual battle with the Democratic-controlled Congress over war funding and could reflect a new confidence within the Administration about the eventual outcome of the war. In past funding debates, the Administration has focused its lobbying efforts around the strategic argument of completing the mission in Iraq and the moral imperative for Congress to provide resources to ...
Senate Hears Testimony on Contractor Misdeeds
By Jay Allbritton - Politics DailyTalk Radio News reports that a Senate committee held a hearing yesterday (clip here) on contracting abuses in Iraq. Senator Byron Dorgan, who chairs the committee, wants to create a new Senate committee to "exercise oversight over contracting abuses related to reconstruction and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan." A former KBR employee testified at the hearing about widespread instances of waste, overcharges and illegal activities by KBR managers and employees. The whistle blower also told of officers who withheld ice from troops that were going into the desert. The ice was instead given to ...
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