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Congress pushes for Syria funding boost

A bipartisan congressional effort is underway to maximize US aid intended for stabilization efforts in Syria.
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The chairman of the House panel on foreign relations is leading a bipartisan push to maximize the US bankroll for the vast stabilization effort in war-torn Syria, after the Donald Trump administration zeroed out the American investment.

In a letter to the leaders of the House Appropriations Committee sent late last week, bipartisan members of the House of Representatives Syria caucus, led by Rep. Eliot Engel, D-Ny., pushed the panel’s leaders for the “highest funding possible” for State Department and USAID funding for Syria.

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