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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> According to the CBO's latest ''Budget and Economic Outlook," the 
> projected deficit for 2005 will be about $400 billion. The CBO declares, 
> politely but unmistakably, that it doesn't buy the Bush administration's 
> budgetary gimmickry of trying to keep anticipated military outlays out of 
> the official budget.

From this morning's TNYT:
 Bush Aides Say Budget Deficit Will Rise Again
By EDMUND L. ANDREWS
The deficit figure of $427 billion includes part of an additional $80 
billion that President Bush requested for Iraq.