State Department Plans Cuts in Security Funding, Aid
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President Barack Obama’s 2012 budget proposes to increase spending on the State Department and its global programs by 1 percent, not including $8.7 billion for operations such as the transition in Iraq as U.S. troops pull out.
The $47 billion core budget would cut foreign assistance and military financing to several countries, including Russia, as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shuffles funds to areas the administration considers more urgent. Security funding will become more focused on countries such as Israel and Pakistan, according to the plan.