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After initially insisting it had enough money, the Bush administration has begun tapping its $25 billion emergency fund for the Iraq war to prepare for a major troop rotation and intense fighting this fall, administration and congressional officials said on Tuesday.
Already the Pentagon has used more than $2 billion from what the White House dubbed its "contingency reserve" fund. The money is being used to ramp up production of armored Humvees to support the upcoming troop rotation, as well as to buy body armor and bolster fuel supplies, the officials told Reuters.
The decision to tap into the $25 billion reserve fund underscores growing concern within the administration about the rise in anti-American violence in Iraq.
