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Defence budget debate touches on Afghanistan
REUTERS
WASHINGTON WAR-WEARY US lawmakers clashed over Afghanistan policy and vented their frustration with Pakistan’s border closings on Thursday as they debated an annual defence policy bill that seeks $642.5 billion in military spending for the 2013 fiscal year.
Democrats in the House of Representatives nudged President Barack Obama to speed up the withdrawal of US forces from the war zone, but Republicans blocked a debate on the issue ahead of a weekend NATO summit to chart a way forward in the decade-long conflict. House lawmakers debating the National Defence Authorization Act voted 412-1 for an amendment that could block up to $650 million in proposed payments to Pakistan unless Islamabad lets coalition forces resume shipment of war supplies across its territory.
The moves came as lawmakers debated more than 140 amendments to the policy bill, which seeks $554 billion in base defence spending for the 2013 fiscal year.
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