Rice Asks for $85 Million to Promote Political Change Inside Iran

(New York Times) Steven R. Weisman - Secretary of State Rice told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday that the Bush administration proposed to spend $85 million to promote political change inside Iran by subsidizing dissident groups, unions, student fellowships, and television and radio broadcasts. "We are going to begin a new effort to support the aspirations of the Iranian people," Rice said. "We will use this money to develop support networks for Iranian reformers, political dissidents, and human rights activists."


2006-02-16 00:00:00

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