We have. for example. included $1 billion in unrequested funding to help rebuild our National Guard. which is suffering from dangerously low equipment stocks because so much of the Guards equipment has been sent to Iraq. We have funded the Marla Ruzicka Fund to aid innocent Iraqi civilians who have suffered casualties. and a similar program to aid civilian victims of war in Afghanistan. There is other funding for refugees and humanitarian assistance in Africa and the Middle East. as well as for Kosovo. I am gratified that we have been able to include funding for elections in Nepal. to support reintegration of former combatants in northern Uganda. and to begin the clean up of dioxincontaminated sites in Vietnam and for health programs in nearby communities. These are just a few of the things carried over from the original. vetoed version of the bill that I support and for which I have worked hard.
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