RSSCongress softens Pakistan aid conditions
From: The Washington Times | October 14, 2009
UPDATED: Congress moved Wednesday to soften opposition in Pakistan to a U.S. aid package over conditions for receiving future assistance, including $7.5 billion for civilian reconstruction and job-creation projects over a five-year period. The bill itself already has been approved by Congress and is at the White House awaiting President Obama’s signature, so any changes in the legislation itself would be next to impossible. Instead, Congress issued a joint explanatory statement explaining the legislative intent of the bill. Following a meeting with Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat and a co-author of the legislation, …
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