Obama 2011 Request: State Department
Obama 2011 Request: State Department (Mary Beth Sheridan – Washington Post; February 2, 2010)
The State Department is one of the few winners in the president’s proposed 2011 budget, with funding for the department and related international programs rising to $58 billion. That amounts to a 2.8 percent increase, assuming Congress approves a pending supplemental foreign-affairs budget for this year. Much of the proposed increase would go toward programs in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, which would get a 7.5 percent boost above 2010 levels, according to the State Department. The request includes $1.2 billion for a counter-insurgency fund for Pakistan.
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