[New York Sun] Eli Lake - Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY), chairwoman of the House subcommittee that funds the federal foreign operations budget, has placed a hold on $86 million in proposed security assistance to Mahmoud Abbas, at the request of Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL). Lowey said, "It is imperative that we have a fuller understanding of exactly what the funding is for and what the situation is on the ground....Last Thursday's Mecca agreement raised additional questions." The $86 million was to be used, essentially, to train soldiers loyal to Abbas to fight Hamas.
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