The administration is also expected to make a supplemental request later in the year for additional money to pay for continued military operations in Iraq.

A major reason for the supplemental request was to meet commitments to allies that permit rights for American bases, officials said.

But the Army's request for depot maintenance and procurement was only about $2.2 billion in the supplemental request.

But they said the White House would make a separate supplemental request, after this year's elections, seeking up to $50 billion.

We have a supplemental request before the Legislature so we'll have to see what happens.

A significant amount of the money in the supplemental request to Congress would be spent on training the new Iraqi military forces.

I expect they'll come back to us with another supplemental request soon.

By custom, most supplemental requests are counted as actual outlays, even before Congress considers them.

The president's war budget is $75 billion and counting, according to the supplemental request, which is at best the first down payment on the war.

An exceptional cold winter or hot summer would likely result in a supplemental request for the vice president residence appropriation.