WORLD IN BRIEF : SOMALIA : Pentagon Seeks Extra Peacekeeping Funds
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The U.S. Defense Department wants Congress to provide an additional $300 million to pay for U.S. peacekeeping operations in Somalia through next March, when U.S. forces are due to leave, a senior defense official said. The money is above and beyond the $261-billion 1994 defense budget signed by President Clinton.
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