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Article #1302$6,000 phones for Iraqis
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Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 13:30
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 13:30
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<snip> Senate Minority Leader Thomas A. Daschle (D-S.D.) catalogued some of the items in Bush's Iraq request, including $3.6 million for 600 radios and phones, at $6,000 apiece; 80 pickup trucks at $33,000 apiece; $40 million for a $333-a-month computer training course that would cost $100 to $200 at a U.S. community college; and a $10,000-per-month business school that is twice the monthly cost of the Harvard Business School. Secretary of State Colin L. Powell bristled at the suggestion that some of the administration's requests -- such as a $9 million plan to create Zip codes -- are "luxury items." <snip> ....... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24935-2003Sep30.html
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