Sentence examples for doubled assistance from inspiring English sources
"We doubled assistance and tripled it to Africa but it's still not enough," Mr Powell said.
Gen Richards said: "Since 2010 the UK has more than doubled assistance to the Lebanese armed forces and I am pleased to take this opportunity to reiterate the UK's commitment to Lebanon's stability, democracy and sovereignty.
Led by Gordon Brown, Britain's finance minister, and Jim Wolfensohn, the World Bank's boss, aid advocates want to double assistance to poor countries to $100 billion a year.
One of Obama's election pledges was to double foreign assistance, which clearly included "strategic financing" for countries such as Afghanistan and Iraq.
Mr. Sikorski also announced this week that Poland would double its assistance this year to non-governmental organizations in Belarus to over €10 million, or $13 million.
The proposal represents a nearly 10percentt increase over the 2009 budget of $47.2 billion — an amount the White House says puts the United States "on a path to double foreign assistance," although the budget does not specify a time period.
The deadlock in Washington was apparent last month when the Senate failed to pass a bill to double energy assistance to low-income households because Republicans insisted on including measures to allow for more offshore drilling.
A communiqué being prepared for this year's meeting says the countries are "firmly committed" to doubling the assistance, but it makes no mention of the $25 billion figure, according to people familiar with the draft.
But there are signs that other Group of 8 countries may backtrack on a promise they made in 2005 to double development assistance to Africa by 2010 for an increase of $25 billion.
Obama proposed to "increase both the numbers and capabilities of our diplomats, development experts and other civilians who can work alongside our military" in places threatened by extremism; to help weak states build "independent judicial systems, honest police forces" and transparent financial systems; to double foreign assistance by 2012; to close Guantánamo and end torture.
