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Former U. S. Central Command Commander Anthony Zinni wrote an op-ed, published in The New York Times March 7, 2011, in support of USIP.

“ Congress would be hard-pressed to find an agency that does more with less.

The institute ’ s entire budget would not pay for the Afghan war for three hours, is less than the cost of a fighter plane, and wouldn ’ t sustain even 40 American troops in Afghanistan for a year.

Within the budget, peace-building is financed as part of national security programs, and is recognized as an important adjunct to conventional defense spending and diplomacy.

The institute ’ s share of the proposed international affairs budget, $ 43 million, is minuscule: less than one-tenth of 1 percent of the State Department ’ s budget, and one-hundredth of 1 percent of the Pentagon ’ s .”