"House Foreign Affairs chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) has responded to the president's fiscal 2012 international affairs budget request, recommending the elimination of over a dozen State Department and foreign aid programs....Ros-Lehtinen also recommended cutting off assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces, which would save $225 million, and cutting off economic assistance to the West Bank and Gaza, a savings of $400 million. She also recommended ending funding for the Asia Foundation, the U.S. Institute of Peace, and the East-West Center..."
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Ros-Lehtinen: "Cut off assistance to the Lebanese Army!"
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