The State Department's April 2002 FY2003 Congressional Budget Justification for Foreign Operations reported that Excess Defense Articles for Paraguay would be used to strengthen "the Paraguayan military as a democratic institution by continuing to expose it to modern, professional military forces."¹ Subsequent requests have included similar language.

1996:²
(all amounts in dollars)

Sources:

¹ United States, Department of State, FY 2003 Congressional Budget Justification for Foreign Operations (Washington, DC: Department of State, April 15, 2002) <http://www.state.gov/m/rm/rls/cbj/2003/>.

² United States, Department of State, Department of Defense, Foreign Military Assistance Act Report To Congress, Fiscal Year 1996 (Washington: September 1997).

United States, Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Excess Defense Articles online database <http://www.dsca.osd.mil/home/excess_defense_articles_bbs.htm>.