"The Bush administration is set to ask Congress for more money to fund the controversial troop 'surge' plan. The money would be used to pay for support personnel, reports the Associated Press.
The request will be "embarrassing" to the White House, says the report, who along with the Pentagon "earlier dismissed criticism from lawmakers that the original $5.6 billion estimate for the troop buildup was too low."
"The latest request could come as early as Tuesday, modifying last month's $93.4 billion..."
When you're already wasting $10 billion a month in Iraq, what's the big deal on wasting a few billion more? Half a trillion wasted in Iraq - to date.
