[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 31 (Monday, August 6, 2007)]
[Page 1035]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Transmitting a 
Request for Fiscal Year 2008 Department of Defense Supplemental Budget 
Revisions

July 31, 2007

Dear Madam Speaker:

    I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed revisions to the FY 2008 
Budget request for Department of Defense operations in the Global War on 
Terror. This request would provide the additional resources necessary to 
maximize the production of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles and 
rapidly field this capability to our servicemembers in Iraq and 
Afghanistan. Overall, the discretionary budget authority in my FY 2008 
request for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom would 
be increased by $5.3 billion, for a Department of Defense total of 
$147.0 billion for these operations.
    I hereby designate the specific proposals in the amounts requested 
herein as emergency requirements. This request represents urgent and 
essential requirements and I encourage you to take up the FY 2008 war 
funding, including this critical force protection funding, as soon as 
possible. The details of the request are set forth in the enclosed 
letter from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
     Sincerely,
                                                George W. Bush