This might be the first thing Bush has done in months that I really like:
The White House threatened today, for the first time, to veto an $87 billion package for Iraq and Afghanistan if Congress converts any money for rebuilding Iraq into loans, as opposed to grants.
"The administration strongly opposes the Senate provision that would convert a portion of this assistance to a loan mechanism," Joshua B. Bolten, the White House budget director, told the leaders of the Senate and House appropriations committees in a letter.
"If this provision is not removed, the president's senior advisers would recommend that he veto the bill," Mr. Bolten wrote.
