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Seventy-five percent of U.S. foreign military financing goes to two countries

By Nick Thompson, CNN
Updated 1:01 PM ET, Wed November 11, 2015

CNN)American taxpayers doled out $5.9 billion in foreign military financing in 2014, according to the government's Foreign Assistance report -- that's roughly the GDP of Somalia. But where did the money go?

To the usual suspects, mostly -- Israel ($3.1B) and Egypt ($1.3B) received roughly 75% of all foreign military aid money handed out by the U.S. last year.

This map from the cost-information website howmuch.net shows the relative size of countries based on how much U.S. military aid they receive.

more:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/11/politics/us-foreign-aid-report/index.html




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