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Howard Berman: We look at what is going on in Libya, Bahrain, Jordan, and Yemen, and are we going to keep in place a current policy…

On the recordFebruary 28, 2011
We look at what is going on in Libya, Bahrain, Jordan, and Yemen, and are we going to keep in place a current policy that restricts USAID from providing democracy and governance support to NGOs that are not registered under the Egyptian NGO law?
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Howard Berman
California

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Berman questions U.S. policy on supporting NGOs in Egypt amidst regional changes.

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