Bush: Iraq must shoulder full cost of security
by Staff Writers
Dayton, Ohio (AFP) March 27, 2008
US President George W. Bush called on the Iraqi government Thursday to shoulder the full financial burden of its security forces "soon."
"Now Iraq's budget covers three-quarters of the cost of its security forces, which is a total of more than nine billion dollars in 2008, and soon Iraq should and we expect them to shoulder the full burden of their security forces," Bush said in a speech here.
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