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U.S. SPENT ON KARABAKH $25 MILLION LESS THAN CONGRESS INTENDED
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Aug 24 2010
Armenia
The U.S. Administrations - both Democratic and Republican - have, since
Fiscal Year 1998, expended $25 million less in aid to Nagorno-Karabakh
than Congress intended, the Armenian National Committee of America
(ANCA) reported.
According to ANCA review, less than $36 million of the $61 million
slated by Congress for this purpose has actually been expended.
Approximately $12 million of the $25 million shortfall in aid
to Nagorno-Karabakh is the result of under-spending by the Obama
Administration during its first two years in office.
"Armenian Americans are deeply appreciative to the U.S. Congress for
its vision and generosity in initiating U.S. aid to Nagorno-Karabakh,
and for providing funding to help the people of Nagorno-Karabakh
emerge from the crisis created by Azerbaijan's aggression, meet
pressing humanitarian needs, and, develop as a free society," said
ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian.
"It is precisely because of our respect for the role of Congress and
the vital aims that are served by this aid that we are so troubled by
the failure of successive administrations to honor the clear intent
of Congress that this vital assistance program be properly funded
and fully implemented."
"Sadly, the same State Department which sought unsuccessfully to
prevent Congress from starting the Nagorno-Karabakh aid program back
in the late 1990s, is still obstructing the clear will of Congress by
spending considerably less for this vital purpose than Congressional
appropriators intended," he added.
From: A. Papazian
news.am
Aug 24 2010
Armenia
The U.S. Administrations - both Democratic and Republican - have, since
Fiscal Year 1998, expended $25 million less in aid to Nagorno-Karabakh
than Congress intended, the Armenian National Committee of America
(ANCA) reported.
According to ANCA review, less than $36 million of the $61 million
slated by Congress for this purpose has actually been expended.
Approximately $12 million of the $25 million shortfall in aid
to Nagorno-Karabakh is the result of under-spending by the Obama
Administration during its first two years in office.
"Armenian Americans are deeply appreciative to the U.S. Congress for
its vision and generosity in initiating U.S. aid to Nagorno-Karabakh,
and for providing funding to help the people of Nagorno-Karabakh
emerge from the crisis created by Azerbaijan's aggression, meet
pressing humanitarian needs, and, develop as a free society," said
ANCA Chairman Ken Hachikian.
"It is precisely because of our respect for the role of Congress and
the vital aims that are served by this aid that we are so troubled by
the failure of successive administrations to honor the clear intent
of Congress that this vital assistance program be properly funded
and fully implemented."
"Sadly, the same State Department which sought unsuccessfully to
prevent Congress from starting the Nagorno-Karabakh aid program back
in the late 1990s, is still obstructing the clear will of Congress by
spending considerably less for this vital purpose than Congressional
appropriators intended," he added.
From: A. Papazian