House proposes massive cuts to US aid, diplomacy

Published July 18, 2013 6:15pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans proposed slashing billions of dollars in U.S. diplomacy and overseas aid programs Thursday in legislation that will face fierce opposition from the Obama administration and the Democratic-led Senate.

The House Appropriations Committee’s 2014 foreign operations bill would give full funding to embassy security, with the goal of preventing a repeat of last year’s deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya. The measure also would maintain security money for allies Israel and Jordan.

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