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WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama asked the U.S. Congress for an additional $83.4 billion to fund the military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan on Thursday, saying the security situation along the Afghan-Pakistan frontier was urgent.
"The Taliban is resurgent and al Qaeda threatens America from its safe haven along the Afghan-Pakistan border," Obama said in a letter to Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House of Representatives, that was released by the White House.
Obama said 95 percent of the $83.4 billion in supplemental funds he was requesting would go to support U.S. military operations in Iraq and the U.S. effort to disrupt and defeat al Qaeda.
<span style="font-weight: bold">isn't dis a case of trowing good money afta bad...dang...how much has been been spent so far...Afghansistan was supposed to have been 'handled'...why not mek dem use all dat poppy money so fix demselves cause mi no believe seh is juss di warlords a get rich offa dat deh trade...dang...
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