Political posturing?
Or blatent war preparation?
abcnews.go.com
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Tucked inside the White House's $196 billion emergency funding request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.(visit the link for the full news article)
The item: $88 million to modify B-2 stealth bombers so they can carry a newly developed 30,000-pound bomb called the massive ordnance penetrator, or, in military-speak, the MOP.
"an urgent operational need from theater commanders."