US President Obama at Boston memorial service, April 18, 2013. Photo: REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Obama Requests $580million For Mideast ‘Contingencies’ -- Jerusalem Post
Fund to address turmoil in region; criticized by some members of Congress for being too high given lack of political plan.
NEW YORK – Built in to President Obama’s budget proposal for 2014 is a $580 million contingency fund to address the turmoil roiling the Middle East and North Africa, to be spent across the region over the course of the year at the discretion of the White House and the State Department.
That sum is striking some members of the Congress as too large for an administration without a coherent policy toward the Arab Spring.
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My Comment: No explanation on what those contingencies are. I hope Congress does it's job and asks the obvious question .... why more money?
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