US to cut help for Poland?

According to ForeignPolicy.com, the US Agency for International Development (USAID),will cut its spending on international help by 30.8 percent, which would include cutting off aid to Poland altogether. Poland this year is set to receive $3 million under the European Support Fund designated to promote economic or political stability in areas where the United States has special strategic interests. Currently, Poland is the only EU country to get such help, although in recent years Ireland and Cyprus did receive such aid. Under the proposed cuts, Ukraine would lose nearly 70 percent of funding, set for this year at nearly $200 million. The money would be redirected into national security issues instead. “Poland is monitoring the process and remains in touch with representatives of the US State Department and Congress,” Poland's foreign ministry's press office said.