If anything. the $40 million military assistance program (MAP) is inadequate for the Somali armed forces. which are about 25 percent the size of the Ethiopian army and are in need of extensive modernization. Somalia also has huge economic development and foreign exchange needs. Since 1983. they have been cooperating with the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to reconstruct an economy devastated by the 197778 war and the influx of 2 million refugees. I welcome the increase in assistance for this strategically located country. Somalia not only provides us with air and port facilities. but can keep the Horn of Africa accessible in times of war or international crisis.*
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