Formal rejection followed a day later, and Congress approved $27 million in non-military aid to the contras less than two months after that.

Washington has already approved about $17 billion in federal aid, much of it for clearing the site and rebuilding public infrastructure serving Lower Manhattan.

Congress approved $85 million in military aid for the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30.

I have recently approved an additional allocation of over £1 million in aid for vulnerable groups in both the north and south of Iraq.

Last year Congress approved $1.3 billion in mostly military aid for Colombia.

Congress approved a total of $1.6 billion in aid for Afghanistan in 2004.

A6 The Senate approved a bill with $2.5 billion in aid for Russia.

It meant only that the country's armed forces had met the limited conditions set when Congress approved $104 million in aid for the current fiscal year.

Last month, Congress approved $3.5 million in nonmilitary aid for the contras for a 40-day period, which runs out next week.

But last year, the fund approved an additional $1 billion in aid to Indonesia, raising its total commitment to $11.2 billion.