World IN BRIEF : EGYPT : Mubarak Ready for Cuts in U.S. Aid
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said after meeting Vice President Al Gore that he was aware Washington might cut its hefty economic aid program to Cairo. “We don’t expect that the aid will last forever,” he said. Egypt depends on the United States for more than $2 billion a year in military and other aid.
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