Byline: Associated Press
A Senate subcommittee on Friday approved a $13.8 billion foreign aid bill for the coming year that includes authority for $10 billion in loan guarantees for Israel to help resettle Jewish emigres from the former Soviet Union.
While that provision is likely to sail through Congress, traditionally a bastion of support for Israel, the measure contains several other features that will be contentious.
Among them are an end to U.S. military aid to El Salvador; continued funding for the United Nations Population Fund, which operates family planning programs in China, and conversion of all military aid for Greece, Turkey and …
No comments:
Post a Comment