The Obama administration on Monday proposed $2.4 billion in financial aid to Pakistan for the fiscal year 2013. Soon after the White House sent the budgetary proposals to the Congress, the State Department said that out of total aid of $2.4 billion the amount of $2.2 billion is in assistance to strengthen democratic and civil institutions that provide a bulwark against extremism and support joint security and counter-terrorism efforts, including $800 million for the Pakistan Counter-insurgency Capability Fund. In all, the budgetary proposals of President Barack Obama provides $8.2 billion for Overseas Contingency Operations to support the extraordinary and temporary costs of civilian-led programs and missions in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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