Obama Increased Africa Military Funding 300%(FY2010)
In its budget request for the State Department for the 2010 financial year, the Obama administration proposed significant increases in funding for US arms sales and military training programmes for African countries, as well as for regional programmes on the continent, and is expected to propose further increases in its budget request for the 2011 financial year.
The 2010 budget proposed to increase foreign military funding spending for Africa by more than 300 per cent, from just over US$8.2 million to more than US$25.5 million, with additional increases in funding for North African countries.
Major recipients included Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Morocco, Nigeria and South Africa.
The Obama administration requested US$278 million to cover the cost of AFRICOM operations and Operation.
(Excerpt) Read more at allafrica.com
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Shocking I tell you, shocking