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US slashes AIT's cash by one-fifth

DRASTIC CUTFigures from the US show the budget for the de facto embassy will be slashed by 19 percent, although reasons were not given

By Charles Snyder  /  STAFF REPORTER IN WASHINGTON

"Before the official announcement, Congress needs to be consulted. We are working on that right now," an AIT official told the Taipei Times in a recent telephone interview.

Additional reporting by Chang Yun-ping

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