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16,2003
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ition’s departure said to be in the hands of Iraqi people
By HAMZA HENDAWI
The Associated Press
BAGHDAD, Iraq — For the
first time, the U.S. administrator
linked the US. occupation in
Iraq to the political process, say-
ing Tuesday that American
forces would remain in the
country until Iraqis agree on a
new constitution and set up a
democratic government.
American soldiers grumbled
when told they would have to
stay longer in a country where
U.S. forces say they are coming
under an average of 12 attacks
eachday.
“I’m tired of going to bed
wondering if I’m going to wake
up in the morning,” said Spc.
David Myers Jr. of the 3rd
Infantry Division’s 3rd Battalion,
7th Infantry Regiment in
Habaniyah, west of Baghdad.
The new Governing Council,
meanwhile, decided to set up
Special courts to try former
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The U.S. administrator, L.
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rebuilding the Iraqi political sys-
tem was already under way with
the establishment of the 25-
member council — the first
national postwar Iraqi political
body, largely hand-picked by
him.
“The next step is the launch-
ing of a process to write a new
constitution for Iraq. ... Once
approved, democratic, free and
fair elections can be held in Iraq
for a fully sovereign Iraqi gov-
ernment. Then our job, the
coalition’s job, will be done,”.
Bremer said.
“We have no desire to stay a
day longer than necessary,” he
said. “The timing of how long
the coalition stays here is now in
the hands of the Iraqi people.”
The Governing Council,
whose members were selected
rather than elected, is meant to
be the forerunner of a 200-250
member constitutional assembly
that is planned to start drawing
up a draft constitution in
September. That process is
expected to take nine months to
a year ancUree elections to pick
a government are expected to
follow.
But even talk of removing
coalition soldiers from Iraq
seemed premature while guerril-
la-style attacks against U.S.
forces are increasing and many
major countries are balking at
the idea of sending peacekeep-
ers to replace exhausted
American troops.
Many soldiers in the 3rd
Infantry Division had thought
they’d be home this summer, but
their hopes were dashed in an
Army e-mail to spouses Sunday.
“I’m tired of waking up won-
dering if this is the day I’m
going to die,” said Myers, of
Tampa, Fla.
Late Tuesday, the U.S. Central
Command said in a news release
that it still intended to remove
3rd Infantry soldiers “by
September, pending internation-
al or U.S. replacement units. As
always, the security situation
could affect deployments and
redeployments.”
A total of 32 U.S. soldiers
have been killed in attacks since
May 1, when President Bush
declared the end of major hostil-
ities in Iraq. In the latest assault,
six American soldiers were
wounded, one critically, in a
mortar attack Tuesday on their
base in Balad, a town 50 miles
north of Baghdad.
War cost readies $48 billion
WASHINGTON (AP) -
The military campaign iA Iraq
has cost the Pentagon about
$48 billion so far, a number
expected toincrease by $10 bfl-
lion by the end of September,
the military's budget chief said
Tuesday.
Dov Zakheim, the Defense
Department’s comptroller, said
in an Associated Press inter-
view the estimated cost so far
includes the combat pfjase,
which started March 20,
war stabilization efforts
$30 billion in prewar expenses
such as moving troops to the
region and building facilities
there.
Although officials have
receipts and actual costs only
through April, they believe the
cost of the military's part of the
campaign beginning in January
is averaging $3.9 billion a
month.
The cost was some $350,000
for january, peaked at over $5
billion during the heavy com-
bat phase and has fallen back
below $4 billion a month now
that some troops have been sent
home and major combat is
ended, officials said.
Some 2 1/2 months into sta-
bilization efforts, Zakheim said
he cannot yet estimate recon-
struction costs for next year
because the size of the future
U.S. military presence needed
there remains unclear. The pic-
ture will be clearer once inter-
national troops arrive to help
with peacekeeping, he said.
“By the end of September,
we will see additional forces,
... will sie the state of the
country,” he said. “Then we’ll
be in a better position to esti-
mate.”
White House sees record red ink reaching $475 billion next year
By ALAN FRAM
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The Bush
administration dramatically
raised its budget deficit projec-
tions on Tuesday to $455 billion
for this year and $475 billion for
next, record levels fed by the
limp economy, tax cuts and the
battle against terrorism.
The totals would easily sur-
pass the $290 billion shortfall
of 1992 that has been the red
ink high water mark until now.
They also mark a deterioration
by more than 50 percent since
February.
The shortfalls would drop to
$213 billion in 2007, before
edging back up to $226 billion
the following year—underscor-
ing that major budget challenges
will loom just as the huge baby
boom generation begins to retire
and relies ever more on federal
benefits like Social Security.
The dreary numbers set
Republicans and Democrats at
each other’s political throats
over an issue the public has
largely ignored in recent years
— even as massive projected
surpluses have melted into deep
deficits in the budget’s starkest,
most abrupt turnabout ever.
White House officials and
GOP lawmakers said congres-
sional spending must be con-
trolled and economic growth
policies like tax cuts should be
continued. They said President
Bush has had other, more press-
ing concerns.
“Restoring a balanced budget
is an important priority for this
administration,” White House
budget director Joshua Bolten
told reporters. “But a balanced
budget is not a higher priority
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Cash, Wanda Garner. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 233, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 16, 2003, newspaper, July 16, 2003; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1052673/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.