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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/27/AR2006082700942.html
Lantos: Freeze Aid to Lebanon Until it Prevents Arms Smuggling to Hizballah
[AP/Washington Post] Congressman Tom Lantos, the top Democrat on the House International Relations Committee, said Sunday he would ask the U.S. administration to freeze the $230 million aid package to Lebanon proposed by President Bush until the Lebanese government takes control of its borders with Syria and prevents arms smuggling to Hizballah. "A porous Syrian-Lebanon border will only invite the repetition of Hizballah attacks in the future. Hizballah must not be allowed to rearm again," he said. Lantos said he aimed to put a temporary hold on the aid package until the Syrian border was secured.