The Pentagon received more than 80 proposals for the grants from a wide variety of bidders that also included European and Japanese companies.

The most secure are factory-armored Humvees, and the Pentagon has received only 5,910 of the 8,105 that commanders say they need.

The Pentagon has received authorization for air defense fighters to shoot down airliners in dire emergencies.

The officials also declined to say whether the Pentagon would receive more funds if the White House's latest inflation estimate turned out to be low.

The Pentagon would receive $144 million to help train two additional antinarcotics battalions.

The Pentagon has received reports that the city is stockpiling food, apparently preparing for a long siege.

Under its plan, the Pentagon will receive about $270 billion, more than half the money.

In Washington, officials said they had no way of knowing who died, and the Pentagon received conflicting, unverifiable intelligence reports.

Under the bill, the Pentagon will receive $5.6 billion of the new spending this year, for fuel, health care and housing, among other expenses.

Schools, cities, displaced workers, the environment and the Pentagon will all receive sizable infusions of new money without any broad tax increases.