Senator Kent Conrad, (D-ND) the Senate Budget Committee Chairman, asks about the war funding request during a hearing on the 2009 Defense budget

Senate Budget Committee Chairman, Kent Conrad, says he is disappointed with the estimate of $70 billion for supplemental war funding for 2009. (0:47)
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Assistant Secretary of Defense Gordon England speaks about the incomplete estimate for supplemental war funding during a Senate Budget Committee hearing on the 2009 Defense budget

Assistant Secretary of Defense Gordon England explains why the Department of Defense has only requested a partial amount of the supplemental war funding for the fiscal year 2009. (0:54)
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Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Kent Conrad (D-ND) gives an opening statement at a hearing on the 2009 Department of Defense Budget

Senate Budget Committee chairman Kent Conrad speaks about early administration estimates of the cost of the war in Iraq during a hearing on the Department of Defense Budget hearing. (1:07)
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