President Donald Trump’s administration has unfrozen the $105 million in congressionally approved military aid to Lebanon that it had been withholding since September without explanation.
According to the Associated Press and CNN, lawmakers were informed on Monday that the aid was released shortly before Thanksgiving.
Though Congress had approved the funds with support from the Department of Defense, the National Security Council and the State Department, the Office of Management and Budget refused to disburse the aid and ignored lawmakers’ questions about the delay for several months.
The mystery enshrouding the aid to Lebanon closely mirrors the administration’s unexplained freeze on military aid …read more
Source:: TPM
