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Yahoo ! News - Reuters Agency - Wed Jul 14, 6:31 pm ET
Pentágono adverte Congresso: torneiras secando.  clique aqui 1 .
Pentagon warns Congress: accounts running dry.  clique aqui 2 .
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Wednesday it may be forced to take extreme measures -- like not paying salaries -- if the Democratic-led Congress fails to pass a $37 billion defense spending bill before lawmakers begin an August recess. A senior Democratic aide said lawmakers would find a way to get it done. "We will pass it this work period. We have to," the aide said. Tensions are growing in the Pentagon about the fate of the bill, which has languished in Congress despite repeated pleas for action by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who needs to fund a 30,000-troop surge for the Afghan war.