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By Mil Arcega
Washington
28 February 2007
 
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The U.S. Senate Appropriations2 Committee has held its first round of budget hearings on the Bush administration's request for additional military funding for Iraq and Afghanistan.  The $100 billion request would help pay for additional U.S. troops in Iraq. Opposition3 Democrats4 are strongly against the increase and they grilled5 the president's top advisers6 Tuesday.  VOA's Mil Arcega reports.

Senate Hearing, 27 February 2007
Senate hearing with Secretary of Defense7 Robert Gates, 27 February 2007
The budget hearings pose the most serious challenge yet to the president's Iraq war strategy.  Addressing the president's top advisers, the panel's chairman, Robert Byrd of West Virginia, railed against what he called the "failed policy" in Iraq.

"Under the presidents plan, there is no end, I say, no end in sight, no plan for redeployment; no plan for diplomacy8; no plan for engaging our international partners for improved security in the region,” said the senator. “All the president has requested is more money -- more money -- for military force and more money for ineffective reconstruction9 efforts."

At stake is $100 billion the president says is needed in part to send six additional Army brigades to Baghdad and Anbar Province. 

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says the money is needed to ensure the success of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. "If these additional funds are delayed, the military will be forced to engage in costly10 and counterproductive reprogramming actions starting this spring, in April, to make up the shortfall.  Timely enactment11 of this supplemental request is critical to ensuring our troops in the field have the resources they need."

The supplemental request of $93.4 billion is in addition to the $70 billion already appropriated for war-related costs this year.  Along with the funding request was a major shift in the administration's diplomatic policy.  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told the senators that the U.S. was preparing to engage Iraq's neighbors, including Iran and Syria, in talks aimed at stabilizing12 the region.

"The violence occurring within the country has a decided13 impact on Iraq's neighbors,” the secretary told the senators. “And Iraq's neighbors as well as the international community have a clear role to play in supporting the Iraqi government's efforts to promote peace and national reconciliation14 within the country."

The White House has accused Iran and Syria of promoting secular15 violence in Iraq by allowing weapons and foreign fighters into the country.  Despite the new diplomatic overture16, the president's request for increased war funding is expected to face heavy scrutiny17 when the budget appropriation1 hearings resume.
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1 appropriation ON7ys     
n.拨款，批准支出
参考例句：
  • Our government made an appropriation for the project.我们的政府为那个工程拨出一笔款项。
  • The council could note an annual appropriation for this service.议会可以为这项服务表决给他一笔常年经费。
2 appropriations dbe6fbc02763a03b4f9bd9c27ac65881     
n.挪用（appropriation的复数形式）
参考例句：
  • More commonly, funding controls are imposed in the annual appropriations process. 更普遍的作法是，拨款控制被规定在年度拨款手续中。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
  • Should the president veto the appropriations bill, it goes back to Congress. 假如总统否决了这项拨款提案，就把它退还给国会。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
3 opposition eIUxU     
n.反对，敌对
参考例句：
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
4 democrats 655beefefdcaf76097d489a3ff245f76     
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
  • The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 grilled grilled     
adj. 烤的, 炙过的, 有格子的 动词grill的过去式和过去分词形式
参考例句：
  • He was grilled for two hours before the police let him go. 他被严厉盘查了两个小时后，警察才放他走。
  • He was grilled until he confessed. 他被严加拷问，直到他承认为止。
6 advisers d4866a794d72d2a666da4e4803fdbf2e     
顾问，劝告者( adviser的名词复数 )； （指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授
参考例句：
  • a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
  • She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。
7 defense AxbxB     
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
参考例句：
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
8 diplomacy gu9xk     
n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕
参考例句：
  • The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
  • This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。
9 reconstruction 3U6xb     
n.重建，再现，复原
参考例句：
  • The country faces a huge task of national reconstruction following the war.战后，该国面临着重建家园的艰巨任务。
  • In the period of reconstruction,technique decides everything.在重建时期，技术决定一切。
10 costly 7zXxh     
adj.昂贵的，价值高的，豪华的
参考例句：
  • It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵。
  • This dictionary is very useful,only it is a bit costly.这本词典很有用，左不过贵了些。
11 enactment Cp8x6     
n.演出，担任…角色；制订，通过
参考例句：
  • Enactment refers to action.演出指行为的表演。
  • We support the call for the enactment of a Bill of Rights.我们支持要求通过《权利法案》的呼声。
12 stabilizing 37789793f41246ac9b11622dadb461ab     
n.稳定化处理[退火]v.（使）稳定， （使）稳固( stabilize的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • The disulfide bridges might then be viewed primarily as stabilizing components. 二硫桥可以被看作是初级的稳定因素。 来自辞典例句
  • These stabilizing design changes are usually not desirable for steady-state operation. 这些增加稳定性的设计改变通常不太符合稳态工作的要求。 来自辞典例句
13 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
参考例句：
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
14 reconciliation DUhxh     
n.和解，和谐，一致
参考例句：
  • He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.他忙于做夫妻间的调解工作。
  • Their handshake appeared to be a gesture of reconciliation.他们的握手似乎是和解的表示。
15 secular GZmxM     
n.牧师，凡人；adj.世俗的，现世的，不朽的
参考例句：
  • We live in an increasingly secular society.我们生活在一个日益非宗教的社会。
  • Britain is a plural society in which the secular predominates.英国是个世俗主导的多元社会。
16 overture F4Lza     
n.前奏曲、序曲，提议，提案，初步交涉
参考例句：
  • The opera was preceded by a short overture.这部歌剧开始前有一段简短的序曲。
  • His overture led to nothing.他的提议没有得到什么结果。
17 scrutiny ZDgz6     
n.详细检查，仔细观察
参考例句：
  • His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。
  • Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。

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