texan
Well-Known Member
So the Senate is going to withold 33 million from Pakistan.
Big deal.
They are going to get perhaps 1.5 Billion this year. So now they will get 1.4 and 67 million from us.
U.S. senators scandalized by Pakistan's jailing of a doctor for helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden voted on
Thursday to cut aid to Islamabad by $33 million -- one million for each year in the doctor's sentence.
"It's arbitrary, but the hope is that Pakistan will realize we are serious," said Senator Richard Durbin after
the unanimous 30-0 vote by the Senate Appropriations Committee.
"It's outrageous that they (the Pakistanis) would say a man who helped us find Osama bin Laden
is a traitor," said Durbin, the Senate's number two Democrat.
Read more: Blog: Senate to cut $33 million from Pakistan aid in retaliation for jailing bin Laden source
Moderate Muslim Voices: How much money does Pakistan get in U.S. aid?
Big deal.
They are going to get perhaps 1.5 Billion this year. So now they will get 1.4 and 67 million from us.
U.S. senators scandalized by Pakistan's jailing of a doctor for helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden voted on
Thursday to cut aid to Islamabad by $33 million -- one million for each year in the doctor's sentence.
"It's arbitrary, but the hope is that Pakistan will realize we are serious," said Senator Richard Durbin after
the unanimous 30-0 vote by the Senate Appropriations Committee.
"It's outrageous that they (the Pakistanis) would say a man who helped us find Osama bin Laden
is a traitor," said Durbin, the Senate's number two Democrat.
Read more: Blog: Senate to cut $33 million from Pakistan aid in retaliation for jailing bin Laden source
Moderate Muslim Voices: How much money does Pakistan get in U.S. aid?