Obama signs controversial KLB into law
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama signed legislation on Thursday that triples non-military aid to Pakistan to about .5 billion over the next five years, but whose intrusive conditions setoff an uproar in the country.
Obama signed the measures, known as Kerry-Lugar Bill, without any fanfare, a day after Congress attached…
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