US lawmakers agree to cut aid to Pakistan

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The House agreed to a $650 million cut from Pakistan military aid.

19 July,2012 11:06 am

Republicans sought to tamp down demands for still deeper reductions because of conservative anger at the Islamabad government.Ted Poe first came to the floor demanding a $1.3 billion cut and initially won the endorsement of Bill Young, who was managing the defense bill on the floor. But ultimately a cut of $650 million was settled upon with the intention of reducing Pakistan’s funds by half.The action came as the House took up the underlying bill, a $608.2 billion defense appropriations measure for the coming year, including $88.2 billion in emergency funds for overseas contingency operations, chiefly in the Afghanistan and Pakistan theater.