Foreign assistance legislation for fiscal year 1981: hearings before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, second session ....U.S. Government Printing Office, 1980 |
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$50 million ACTION activities administration Afghanistan Africa Agency allies allocations American appropriation Asia assistance programs authorization Bangladesh BENNET bilateral BONKER budget CELESTE Chairman ZABLOCKI commitment CONGRESS THE LIBRARY contingency fund continue costs defense developing countries development assistance dollars economic assistance effective efforts EHRLICH El Salvador equipment FENWICK financing fiscal year 1981 forces Foreign Affairs Committee Foreign Assistance Act going human rights IDCA IMET important improve increase Indonesia legislative LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ment military assistance mission multilateral Mutual Security Act nations NATO Nicaragua Pakistan Peace Corps Peace Corps volunteers percent Persian Gulf personnel Philippines political President problems projects proposed Public Law 480 question region Rept request responsibility ROSENTHAL Sahel Secretary BROWN Secretary VANCE Section 451 security assistance SOLARZ Southwest Asia Soviet Union staff statement Tanzania Thailand Thank Third World tion Uganda United WINN Zambia
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