$2.775 billion in US aid supports Israeli nuclear weapons program


	$2.775 billion in US aid supports Israeli nuclear weapons program

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6-29-2009 7:12 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/274feb2e-cf9c-4699-83c2-849ec52ee262/93B00505-73A8-4C53-9315-ECA4C530DD18/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_4853.shtml" href="http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_4853.shtml" style="font-size: 11px;">onlinejournal.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_4853.shtml"><SPAN class="article_title">$2.775 billion in US aid supports Israeli nuclear weapons program</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_4853.shtml"><P class="MsoNormal">President Barak Obama�s fiscal year 2010 budget request for
$2.775 billion in military aid to Israel is proceeding smoothly through the
Congress.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_4853.shtml"><P class="MsoNormal">On June 17, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State,
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs held a �mark-up� session on the
budget. The subcommittee came under pressure from an antiwar <I>group that
sought to</I> suspend or condition foreign aid over Israel�s use of US
weapons which left 3000 Palestinians dead during the Bush administration. The
subcommittee held its session in <A href="http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/06/how-the-sausage-is-made-a-report-from-the-house-appropriations-subcommittee-on-state-foreign-operati.html">a
tiny Capitol room</A> denying activists and members of the press access. The
budget quickly passed and is now before the full House Appropriations
Committee.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_4853.shtml"><P class="MsoNormal">Israel enjoys �unusually wide latitude in spending the
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