The aid package consisted of a mere $1 million to fulfill the International Committee for the Red Cross request. an additional $25.000 from USAID through the U.S. Embassy in Beirut. and 50.000 pounds of U.S. military medical supplies and equipment. Due to the most recent violence in Lebanon. some 400.000 refugees have been displaced. There is an extreme amount of pressure upon the countrys infrastructure. particularly in Beirut where there is very little electricity. In southern Lebanon it has been reported that the water supply has been cut off to dozens of villages. The Lebanese people have suffered greatly over the last two decades. but they are particularly in need of urgent assistance. The United States has always viewed Lebanon as a good friend and ally. and thus the United States should make a greater commitment of resources. Considering the Presidents past emergency aid packages of $59 million for Rwandan and Burundi refugees and $11 million for Cuban and Haitian refugees. the Clinton administration efforts with respect to Lebanon is clearly and grossly insufficient. For approximately the same amount of refugees in Russia. this administration donated 1.2 million pounds of medical supplies and equipment. This inequity with respect to Lebanon is clearly unfair. Mr.
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