21.   It was reported recently that the U.S. now has slipped to last place among the industrialized countries in the percentage of budget committed to foreign assistance.

22.   Most of the foreign assistance went to a small number of countries that had adopted modern and transparent economic and social policies.

23.   Panamanian officials said they would welcome foreign assistance, but they also do not want to re-establish their own army nor do they want a return of foreign troops.

24.   Participants said the conference emphasized trade and investment more than it did foreign assistance.

25.   President Vladimir Putin has continued his Black Sea vacation, and offers of foreign assistance were rebuffed for days.

26.   Rumblings about slicing foreign assistance also come at a time when expectations for U.S. aid are high among Arab nations warming to Israel.

27.   Some of the obstacles to foreign assistance come not from the government but from local doctors.

28.   Some say that more than national pride is at stake in the reluctance to accept foreign assistance.

29.   Supporters said it would provide needed foreign assistance.

30.   The battered U.S. bond market may have to recover from its recent rout without much foreign assistance, say some investors.