For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 27, 2002
President: Defense Appropriations Bill Should Pass Quickly
Statement by the President
I commend the members of the House for their strong, bipartisan
show of unity in our war against terrorism with passage of the defense
appropriations bill. I urge the Senate to work in a similar bipartisan
fashion and pass the bill in July so that our men and women in the
armed services have every resource they need to continue defending
freedom. It is critical in this time of war that the defense
appropriations bill be at the front, not the end, of the legislative
line. Our troops deserve nothing less.
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