Rep. Lowey Encourages Support for Preserving Foreign Aid

Jason Attermann — February 10, 2011 – 12:25 pm | Congress | Foreign Policy | Israel Comments (0) Add a comment

Representative Nita Lowey (D-NY), the ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations and Related Programs, published an op-ed in Politico stressing the “security imperatives” in preserving foreign aid, which certain elements of the Republican Party have expressed interested in cutting.  Lowey wrote:

Robust engagement is no less necessary to achieve strategic security imperatives in this belt-tightening atmosphere. The majority of the foreign operations budget supports front-line states critical to defeating Al Qaeda, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Israel. U.S. assistance helps resist insurgencies, shut down terrorist safe havens, confront recruitment of the next generation of terrorists and train and equip militaries and police forces to fight extremism.

 

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