U.S. President requests $40 million in aid for Armenia

U.S. President Barack Obama's fiscal year 2011 (FY11) budget, released earlier today, calls for $40 million in assistance to Armenia -- $10 million more than his FY10 request, but still $1 million less than the total appropriated by Congress last year, reported the Armenian National Committee of America.

The figure, while representing a substantial increase over the President's last request, falls just short of the $41 million actually appropriated last year by Congress, and far short of the $70 million request that was made last year by the Armenian Caucus and broadly supported by Armenian American advocacy organizations.

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