Top Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday proposed slashing foreign aid and increasing the defense spending that President Bush asked for in an $81 billion emergency spending plan for Iraq and Afghanistan.
The plan would add $1.8 billion to Bush's request to support troops in Iraq and Afghanistan with equipment such as radios, trucks and body armor but would trim funds for reconstruction in Afghanistan, debt relief for tsunami-hit countries, international peacekeeping missions and for war allies.
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