7/9/2011

“The Obama administration is suspending and, in some cases, canceling hundreds of millions of dollars of aid to the Pakistani military, in a move to chasten Pakistan for expelling American military trainers and to press its army to fight militants more effectively. …Altogether, about $800 million in military aid and equipment, or over one-third of the more than $2 billion in annual American security assistance to Pakistan, could be affected, three senior United States officials said.”

 – Eric Schmitt and Jane Perlez, “U.S. Is Deferring Millions in Pakistani Military Aid,” The New York Times, July 9, 2011