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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Congress Agrees To Freeze $700M In Pakistan Aid

(CBS/AP)

In a reflection of the uneasy relationship between the United States and Pakistan, Congress agreed on a defense bill that includes a provision to freeze some $700 million in assistance until Pakistan comes up with a strategy to deal with improvised explosive devices.

Leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees announced late Monday that they had reached agreement on a massive $662 billion defense bill addressing a wide range of costs: military personnel, weapons systems, national security programs in the Energy Department, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

How about taking care of the American people for a change.

Anonymous said...

this is why our country is in ruins