Russia receives very little money now from the United States in direct aid -- which dried up a long time ago.

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Critics, however, said that this type of direct cash aid was counter-productive.

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Another calls for legal aid to be administered by an independent director - preventing the justice secretary from taking direct control of the legal aid budget, which would allow him to block funding for particular kinds of action, such as clinical negligence, welfare claims or miscarriages of justice against the police.

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We should key our foreign aid, our direct foreign investment -- and that of our friends -- we should coordinate it to make sure that we push back and give them more economic development.

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In March 2011, the coalition announced a shake-up of overseas aid with ending of direct development aid to 16 countries and funds being "tightly focused" on those most in need.

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Those denied certification are denied most direct aid from the United States and all U.S. Export-Import Bank financing.

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The United States cut off direct, nonhumanitarian aid to Gaza but more than doubled humanitarian aid it funnels through non-governmental groups and the United Nations.

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We could continue increasing our fees each year by the 5.9% we averaged over the past decade and then discounting those fees by 45% or more--or we could break the cycle, make ourselves more affordable and accessible and direct precious financial aid dollars toward students who truly need them.

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