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To: SARMAN who wrote (220863)	2/24/2007 11:42:27 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 281500

House rejects bid to trim aid to Egypt By Vicki Allen Thu Jun 8, 6:06 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers who defended Egypt as an essential Mideast ally narrowly defeated on Thursday a bid in the House of Representatives to trim aid for Cairo to show displeasure at recent democratic setbacks. The House voted 225-198 against an amendment to cut $100 million of economic support funds to Egypt, and shift half of that to refugee assistance in Darfur and half to fight the global AIDS epidemic. The amendment was to a $21.3 billion foreign aid bill for the next fiscal year that the House was expected to pass on Friday or next week. The bill contains $1.7 billion in military and economic assistance for Egypt, the second biggest recipient of U.S. aid after Israel. news.yahoo.com