The State Department published a breakdown of how it intends to disburse $390 million in aid to the Palestinians. Water infrastructure, at $14 million, gets the biggest chunk of $40 million in “available funds” — money already approved by Congress — that will be channeled through nongovernmental organizations within 90 days, a statement said Monday, the day the Bush administration proposed its budget for the fiscal year beginning this October.
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