WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives panel in charge of foreign aid proposed on Thursday that military aid for Egypt be kept at $1.3 billion (853.5 million pounds) next year, one of few programs left unscathed in a bill seeking steep cuts in international spending.
The draft spending bill from Republican leaders of the House Appropriations committee puts conditions on the military aid, including that the government in Cairo plans and holds elections and honours its 1979 peace treaty with Israel.
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