The former senior occupation official, speaking in Washington on condition of anonymity at the request of the White House, described a situation in which efforts to cut off the influx of foreign terrorists entering Iraq had been only partly successful.
U.S. officials outlined the coming requests on condition of anonymity because the budget request will not be sent to Congress until later this month.
Over all, the Bush administration will propose a Defense Department budget of $439.3 billion for the 2007 fiscal year, almost a 5percentt increase over this year, according to a Pentagon official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the budget request has not officially been submitted to Congress.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Venezuelan request made no mention of Posada's acquittals.
U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Iraqi request had included drone strikes and increased surveillance by U.S. drones, which have been flying over Iraq for some time.
However, a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed the connection to the AP on condition of anonymity because Peterson had requested privacy.
Reuters reported that US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Iraq's request had included a call for drone strikes and increased surveillance by US drones, which have been flying over Iraq for some time.
But a senior United Nations official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said American officials rejected the Kurdish request because of concerns over offending the country's Shiite leaders.
Mrs. Clinton told Mr. Ban she had ordered an "aggressive review" of such requests, said this person, who spoke on condition of confidentiality because it was a private meeting.
The staff member spoke on condition of anonymity because the network declined interview requests about the subject on Wednesday.
The client was permitted to refuse certain requests on condition of providing technical or financial justification (Table 4).
