Posted on 09/24/2009 11:46:07 AM PDT by Nachum
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate voted Thursday to triple foreign aid to Pakistan, with lawmakers saying the legislation could change the crisis-driven nature of U.S.-Pakistan relations and create ties based more on long-term interests.
The Senate voted by voice to approve the measure that approves $1.5 billion a year over the next five years for democratic, economic and social development assistance. The measure, a result of House-Senate negotiations, could be passed in the House as early as Friday, sending it to President Barack Obama for his signature.
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Aren’t Taliban being trained in Pakistan?
“The Senate voted Thursday to triple foreign aid to Pakistan.” - They will now love us and all our problems will disappear...
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I think we need the money here. Does our congress do anything for Americans any longer? Just seems to tax, regulate and oppress us.
Best friends that money can buy.
And where is all this money coming from????
Pelosi already got the millions for her mice....
Didn’t someone else go to Pakistan for training?
most of it will end up with the terrorists.
More Nutty Anti-American Globalism at work...again
I guess our Senators want to fund terrorism
Does our congress do anything for Americans any longer?
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You’re kidding, right? j/k :)
They go to DC....and once they cross the Potomac....they TOTALLY forget WHY they’re there. Both sides.
7.5 Billion? Sheesh, that’s almost as much as the stimulus has set aside for ACORN.
I guess it’s OK, at least Pakistan sometimes acts like they like the U.S. ACORN on the other hand...
Pakistan is the Afghan War’s Cambodia.
Let’s just spend spend spend...like a drunken sailor.
I would be good with if it were to help the Paks invade Iran. Other than that I think it is wasted money. I’m sure the WH has done the electoral math and concluded that 72% of all 7-11s are staffed by Paks, so it is money well spent.
In the mean time, they decided not to give cost of living increases to the elderly of our own country. Which might amount to $50 per.
Barney Franks.....
Get yer free money, right here folks.
Get yer free money....
Hey little boy, want some money?
More taxpayer money going to waste.
No more foriegn aid to any country,we want to pay for health care I say keep our money at home... Screw the world... I dont care about AIDS in africa, abortions in Germany. I want our money that we earn to stay here... Let them figure out how to be self seficiant. FLAME AWAY
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