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As Iraq war costs approach the $300 billion mark, the Defense Departments increasing reliance on emergency appropriations to pay for military equipment is stirring controversy on Capitol Hill.

Several lawmakers, in recent weeks, have accused the Pentagon of taking advantage of emergency funding requests to hide the costs of personnel, weapons and vehicles that typically would be included in the Defense Departments yearly budget proposal. A case in point is an estimated $69 billion effort to transform the traditional division-based structure of the U.S. Army into a brigade-centered force. I

The Pentagon has given the Army the green light to move forward with its plan to …