"United Nations peacekeepers are under siege. The attacks come not from machete-wielding rebels in Eastern Congo or machine-gun-toting al-Shabaab militants in Somalia, but from the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee. The latest continuing resolution--a stand-in for an official FY2011 budget--tabled by House Republicans proposes to cut U.S. contributions to international peacekeeping by $226.5 million from FY2010 levels and $283.8 million from the White House's FY2011 budget request ..." (Quoted from article)