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    John Kerry: Calling Mideast leaders

    By Jenny Lei Ravelo // 04 February 2013
    U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan swears in John Kerry as secretary of state on Feb. 1, 2013. Photo by: U.S. Department of State

    All signs point to John Kerry making a stop in the Middle East on his first official trip as the top U.S. diplomat. Among the countries that he may visit is Egypt, where protests have triggered lawmakers to again question U.S. aid.

    Every year, the United States provides $1.3 billion in military aid and some $250 million in economic aid to Egypt. But last year, Congress introduced a measure that requires the secretary of state to certify that the country is taking steps toward establishing democracy before aid funds can be released.

    Republican Rep. Frank Wolf of Virginia, who sits on the House Appropriations Committee said “at a minimum, we need to have strings attached” to any U.S. funds to Egypt, Bloomberg reports. Republican Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma, meanwhile, suggested redirecting some military aid to economic aid.

    Kerry is expected to make his first trip as secretary of state mid-February, a U.S. official told CNN.

    After taking the oath of office on Friday, Feb. 1, Kerry spoke with a number of foreign officials. Among those were Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who Kerry talked about the Obama administration’s commitment to pursuing “lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians.” Kerry also pledged to work with Congress to release budget support for the Palestinian Authority in his talk with President Mahmoud Abbas.

    Read more on U.S. aid reform online, and subscribe to The Development Newswire to receive top international development headlines from the world’s leading donors, news sources and opinion leaders — emailed to you FREE every business day.

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      Jenny Lei Ravelo@JennyLeiRavelo

      Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.

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