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    Obama's 2013 budget eyes new fund

    By Jenny Lei Ravelo // 13 February 2012
    U.S. President Barack Obama reflects during a budget meeting at the White House on January 2009. Photo by: Pete Souza / White House

    In what can be interpreted as an election-year challenge to his Republican opponents, U.S. President Barack Obama is seeking a modest increase in foreign aid spending next year, including $770 million for operations in the Middle East and North Africa.

    Obama is set to unveil details of his budget plan Monday (Feb. 11) at the Northern Virginia Community College. The plan, according to Politico, will seek a total budget of $51.6 billion for the State Department and foreign aid. This includes an $8.2 billion under the overseas contingency operations.

    Last year, Obama requested $50.8 billion for the State Department and foreign aid, including $8.7 billion for overseas contingency operations. Congress scaled back that proposal, eventually allocating $42.1 billion for the State Department and foreign aid, and $11.2 billion for overseas contingency operations. This year, lawmakers are expected to do the same — if they end up passing a regular budget, that is, a prospect that is not clear given the tight legislative schedule prior to general elections in November.

    The 2013 budget proposal also includes a $770 million request for the new Middle East and North Africa Incentive Fund. The fund is meant to advance democratic and economic reforms in Arab Spring countries.

    Read more:

    • US foreign assistance budget crisis ‘not over’

    • Members of US development community react to 2012 foreign assistance budget

    • US Congress cuts $8B in foreign aid

    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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