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    What percentage of the U.S. budget is spent on foreign aid? (This does not include the cost of wars in Iraq or Afghanistan)

    Question #127510. Asked by SLANGSTON. (Oct 29 12 8:23 AM)


    Philip_Eno

    		Substantially, less than 1%.

    http://ivn.us/2012/08/05/united-states-foreign-aid-and-budget/

    Oct 29 12, 8:34 AM
    tadpoles_uk

    		The less than 1% reference is comparing foreign aid to the total GDP.
    As a percentage of the federal budget, in 2012 foreign aid was about 1.3%. ($47 billion of a $3.7 trillion budget)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_United_States_federal_budget

    Oct 29 12, 3:50 PM

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