In addition, the military has circumvented its cash-flow problems in the past by tapping money that's budgeted for spending later in the year and then paying back those programs when the funds finally come through. The $437 billion bill allocates funding for day-to-day military operations pretty much everything besides Iraq, Afghanistan, and the war on terror. Chances are high that Congress and the White House will go to great lengths to avoid a stalemate that might leave soldiers without...

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