Wars Cost $15 Billion a Month, GOP Senator Says

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"This cost of this war is approaching $15 billion a month, with the Army spending $4.2 billion of that every month," Sen. Ted Stevens (Alaska), the ranking Republican on the Appropriations defense subcommittee, said in a little-noticed floor speech Dec. 18. His remarks came in support of adding $70 billion to the omnibus fiscal 2008 spending legislation to pay for the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, as well as counterterrorism activities, for the six months from Oct. 1, 2007, through March 31 of next year.
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Pot Growers Are New Target in "War on Terror"

Mississippi Prison Privatization

A private prison on U.S. 84 is the first big project to come to Adams County in years, but it won’t be the last, the governor says.

Gov. Haley Barbour’s message at Thursday’s groundbreaking for the future site of Corrections Corporation of America’s new facility was one of hope.

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Barbour also presented Adams County Supervisors President Darryl Grennell with official approval of a $3.9 million federal grant toward the sewer and water infrastructure, which will be provided for the facility.

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