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County Payments program tied up in war bill

A funding program key to Southeast Alaska schools has been tied to an Iraq-war bill. The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee has added the Secure Rural Schools Program to the high-priority war-funding bill. But the Senate, the House and President Bush differ on the measure’s size.Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska - Juneau