Senate Budget Committee chairman says he won't approve defense hike

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) confirmed Aug. 22 that he won't sign off on the Bush Administration's request for $18.4 billion in additional defense spending for fiscal 2002, saying there isn't enough money to pay for it. Conrad, who had been threatening not to approve the...

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