Jan 2, 2014 ... In the run-up to Christmas, State Department officials briefed American non- profits funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) about  cuts in funding. They were told no money was being earmarked for democracy  and governance assistance programs in Iraq and that, for Egypt, the ...
Jul 4, 2013 ... President Obama said that he had based aid to Egypt on adherence to “ democratic procedures. ... During the Arab Spring in 2011, then-Secretary of  State Hillary Rodham Clinton earned Two Pinocchios for claiming that the  administration had promoted civil society in Egypt when in fact funds had been  cut ...
Oct 9, 2013 ... With the Obama administration cutting off some U.S. aid to Egypt as the violence  there continues, we've taken a step back to look at how much the U.S. ... The  State Department said in August that it had put a hold on some of the programs  financed by the $250 million in annual economic aid to Egypt, ...
Sep 3, 2012 ... WASHINGTON — Nearly 16 months after first pledging to help Egypt's failing  economy, the Obama administration is nearing an agreement with the country's  new ... Hoping to capitalize on what they see as a ripening investment climate,  the State Department and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will take ...
Jul 22, 2013 ... Congress should fund the State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human  Rights, and Labor (DRL) and USAID's Bureau of Democracy, Conflict, and ... This  report summarizes the most notable requests, changes, and new developments  within the administration's democracy and human rights budget for ...
The Obama administration "actually cut out the democracy in Egypt funds inside the State Department."