Lawmakers already have a backup plan to follow a promised veto by President Bush on the current war on terror supplemental; they plan to supply funding for only two months, reports The Hill. On Friday, Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), chairman of the defense appropriations panel, called such a move “very likely.” Another appropriator, Rep. James Moran (D-Va.) said that a two-month bill would fund troops but reduce the President’s options. However, he acknowledged that it would fund the surge in ground forces. Without passage of a supplemental bill to cover the surge, the Pentagon already plans to take money from the Air Force and Navy to support Army operations.
A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber flew from Europe across the Middle East to the Persian Gulf on July 25 in a 32-hour flight, as conflicts continued to roil the area with U.S. troops coming under attack in Iraq and Syria on July 25 and July 26, U.S. officials told…