Bush Admin Won't Have To Cut Aid To Pakistan Anytime Soon

AP:

The Bush administration has concluded it is not legally required to cut or suspend hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Pakistan despite President Pervez Musharraf's imposition of a state of emergency and a crackdown on the opposition and independent media.

U.S. assistance to the key anti-terrorism and nuclear armed ally -- which has totaled nearly $10 billion since 2001 -- is governed by legislative requirements that could trigger automatic aid cutoffs, but all are covered by locked-in presidential waivers, said officials familiar with a government-wide review.

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