WASHINGTON, DC – The Senate Appropriations Committee today approved President Obama’s proposed fiscal year (FY) 2010 foreign assistance levels of $30 million for Armenia and $22 million for Azerbaijan, as part of a $48.7 billion foreign aid package. Complete information on economic and military assistance to the Caucasus region to follow.

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Hello,i am brian. thank's for sharing this post.this is very helpful for me and others.My first topic is WASHINGTON—The 2009 Appropriations Bill, signed into law by President Obama earlier this week, once exam 70-431 again maintained military aid parity between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and included $48 million in assistance to Armenia and another $8 million for Nagorno-Karabagh, reported the ANCA.“We would like to thank Chairwoman Lowey, Chairman Leahy, and all the supporters of Armenian American concerns on their two panels for reaffirming military aid parity, approving a robust aid package for Nagorno-Karabagh, and doubling the Bush Administration’s patently insufficient $24 million aid request for Armenia,” said ANCA executive director testking 70-680 Aram Hamparian. “We look forward, in the coming year, with a new administration in the White House, to working with our Congressional friends to restore U.S. aid to a level commensurate with actual needs in Armenia, the many challenges she faces in the region, and the scope of the growing U.S.-Armenia relationship.”The FY09 Armenia appropriation of $48 million is twice the amount proposed by the Bush Administration, which consistently sought to reduce U.S. support for Armenia, but still $10 million (17 percent) less than the actual FY08 allocation, and $22 million (31 percent) short of the $70 million proposed by the Armenian Caucus.The Congress, in rejecting the Bush Administration’s final attempt to break the military aid exam 70-536 parity agreement it reached with Congress in 2001, set Foreign Military Financing levels for both Armenia and Azerbaijan at $3 million.The $8 million aid figure for Karabagh reflects the U.S. House’s version of the foreign aid bill, crafted under the leadership of Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), the chairwoman of the Appropriations 83-640 exam Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, and represents a historic high-water mark in direct U.S. support for this program.
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