1.   And he has boosted federal spending to combat the AIDS epidemic.

2.   In an address at the National Academy of Sciences, Clinton sought to muster public support for a large increase in federal spending to combat exotic threats.

3.   The United States has repeatedly demanded cutbacks in U.N. spending to combat waste and inefficiency within the world organization.

4.   The tax scheme was introduced as the government scrambled for ways to raise money for defence spending to combat Maoist insurgents who renounced a ceasefire in late November.

5.   The tax scheme was introduced as the government scrambled for ways to raise money for defense spending to combat Maoist insurgents who renounced a ceasefire in late November.