Washington bequeathed $510.9 million in aid to Jordan last year, according to the U.S. embassy in Amman. Of the sum, $297.5 million came in the form of budgetary support to the government and financed programs by the U.S. Agency for International Development to improve domestic water supplies, health care and education. According to the embassy, the money also helped the government deal with its foreign debt burden. (Source: U.S. gave Jordan nearly US$511 (?396) million in military and economic aid last year, American embassy says/The Associated Press)