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Dem Senators Urge Unspent Afghan Forces Funds Be Used For Relocation Aid, Not Defense Spending

Dem Senators Urge Unspent Afghan Forces Funds Be Used For Relocation Aid, Not Defense Spending
U.S. Marines with the Evacuation Control Center help Afghan evacuees as they board a plane at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Sept. 1, 2021. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kyle Jia)

A group of Democratic senators are urging that more than $6 billion in unspent funds for U.S. support to the Afghan security forces be reallocated for humanitarian purposes rather than back into the defense budget. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) led a letter sent Tuesday to President Biden specifically requesting that nearly $3 billion in unspent FY ‘20 and ‘21 funds and another $3.3 billion included in the administration’s FY ‘22 budget request be rededicated “to meet the vast humanitarian and…

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