True patriots like the Captain here on this thread solute you rora. You are truly a great American. I support you 100%.

In the end, do not expect this bill to pass the House and maybe not the Senate. Having read the sources you provided us, rora, not a single Democrat sponsored the bill in the House or Senate. They will probably cling to that old Liberal excuse that Berkely's freedom of speech is more important than our soldier's well being.

Already I sense the Left saying this money should be used to bring our troops home from Iraq, which isn't necessarily a bad idea. But once somebody makes the bill a Dem. or Republican thing, our troops stand to get nothing. Hillary and Obama are not sponsors of this bill. In fact, one of the main mind sets that Obama wants to change in this county is thinking like you do. I just hope there are enough fair minded, middle of the road bipartisan supporters in Congress,who really do support the troops, to pass this bill.