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Article: SENS. KERRY, LUGAR, MENENDEZ, CORKER INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO REFORM FOREIGN AID
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 22, 2009
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WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The office of Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., has issued the following news release:
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) and Ranking Member Dick Lugar (R-IN), along with Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Bob Corker (R-TN) today introduced legislation aimed at initiating the foreign aid reform process. Senators James Risch (R-ID) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), also members of the Committee, joined as original cosponsors.
The Foreign Assistance Revitalization and Accountability Act of 2009, S.1524, is an important first step toward comprehensive foreign aid reform. It will ensure that the United States is appropriately equipped to meet the challenges of ...