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    The president of InterAction, Samuel A. Worthington, praised President Obama's 2012 budget for international assistance as responsible and sensible. He argued the cuts proposed in the House 2011 budget would harm national security, economic prosperity, and future fiscal health by weakening humanitarian programs. For example, the House cuts would reduce international disaster assistance by 67% and child and maternal health spending by 15%, costing lives. InterAction will release further analysis of the 2012 budget and impact of proposed 2011 cuts.

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    The president of InterAction, Samuel A. Worthington, praised President Obama's 2012 budget for international assistance as responsible and sensible. He argued the cuts proposed in the House 2011 budget would harm national security, economic prosperity, and future fiscal health by weakening humanitarian programs. For example, the House cuts would reduce international disaster assistance by 67% and child and maternal health spending by 15%, costing lives. InterAction will release further analysis of the 2012 budget and impact of proposed 2011 cuts.

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    The president of InterAction, Samuel A. Worthington, praised President Obama's 2012 budget for international assistance as responsible and sensible. He argued the cuts proposed in the House 2011 budget would harm national security, economic prosperity, and future fiscal health by weakening humanitarian programs. For example, the House cuts would reduce international disaster assistance by 67% and child and maternal health spending by 15%, costing lives. InterAction will release further analysis of the 2012 budget and impact of proposed 2011 cuts.

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    February 14, 2011 www.interaction.

    org

    Contacts:
    Sue Pleming: 202.552.6561 or 202.341.3814 (Cell) or spleming@interaction.org
    Tawana Jacobs: 202.552.6534 or 202.297.1696 (Cell) or tjacobs@interaction.org

    View of InterAction President Samuel A. Worthington, following 2012


    budget release and cuts proposed by House for 2011 spending:

    Washington, D.C. (February 14, 2011)—“In a tough fiscal environment, the Obama
    administration has presented a responsible and sensible FY 2012 international assistance
    budget; one that will help save lives, create economic prosperity here and abroad, and reduce
    future deficits by preventing bigger security outlays in the future. The administration is also
    taking steps to ensure every dollar of international assistance is spent effectively and efficiently,
    an approach members of Congress have been urging for many years. Now that improvements
    are actually being made, the Hill has another reason to support President Obama’s budget
    request.

    If the cuts proposed by the House of Representatives for FY 2011 became law, they would harm
    our country by weakening our security and undercutting future economic prosperity, thereby
    endangering our nation’s future fiscal health. These cuts would also gut key life-saving
    humanitarian and development accounts. For example, they include a 67 percent reduction in
    international disaster assistance and a 15 percent drop in child and maternal health spending.
    The result of this will be more lives lost to HIV/AIDS and starvation, fewer children in schools and
    the U.S. unable to respond to those in need when a crisis strikes.”

    InterAction will soon release a more in-depth analysis of the president’s 2012 budget request
    and proposed cuts to the 2011 budget. Visit http://www.interaction.org to read more about the
    alliance’s opinion on foreign assistance. Also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

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    InterAction is the largest alliance of U.S.-based NGOs doing relief and development work abroad. Visit
    www.interaction.org.

    InterAction | 1400 16th St. NW, Suite 210, Washington D.C. 20036 | 202.667.8227 | ia@interaction.org

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