Clinton Slams House Foreign Aid Bill, Threatens Veto
Secretary of State Clinton blasts proposed bill to limit foreign aid to Egypt, Lebanon, and the Palestinian Authority, threatens to veto.
by Elad Benari
Hillary Clinton
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is blasting a proposed House bill that would impose strict new requirements on U.S. foreign aid to Egypt, Lebanon, Pakistan, Yemen, and the Palestinian Authority, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
In a letter she wrote to members of the House Foreign Affairs committee, Clinton claimed the bill “would be debilitating to my efforts to carry out a considered foreign policy and diplomacy, and to use foreign assistance strategically to that end.”
The bill, which was passed by the committee last week, was authored by Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), the House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair. It seeks to defund Pakistan, Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority, Yemen and others by attaching stringent conditions to United States assistance that are not likely to be met.
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