A) Link
1) New spending for Middle East democracy assistance will be reallocated from economic support funds
Project on Middle East Democracy, 2011, Summary and Highlights of FY 11 Appropriations Act, April 17,
"Speaking on the wave" and "for other programming."

2) Civilian aid to Pakistan is funded by economic support funds
Susan Cornwell, Reuters, April 21, 2011, p. (accessed: 8-12-2011)
"The spending bill" and "the CRS says" 

3) Pakistan aid will be cut to fund new democracy initiatives
Americans for Democracy and Justice in Pakistan, March 7, 2011, Thomas Friedman’s Woeful Misunderstanding of Pakistani Politics,  p. 6-1-2011)
"Support for emerging" and "it is this."

B) Impact
1) Reducing US civilian aid to Pakistan will reduce cooperation on terrorism, spark political and economic instability and increase the risk of nuclear war with India
Pande, Hudson Institute, 2011, Federal News Service, Testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Hearing - "Reassessing American Grand Strategy in South Asia." , July 26, [Aparna], p. factiva
"Over the years the" and "from a stable Pakistan." 

2) India-Pakistan nuclear war causes global extinction
Caldicott, Physicians for Social Responsibility, 2002, The New Nuclear Danger, p. xiii
"The use of Pakistani" and "life on earth."

A. Uniqueness

Korea FTA will be approved next week - Obama has bipartisan support for a deal with the House Republicans
Linden, October 6, 2011, Produce News Daily, [Tim], p. http://www.producenews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33033:congress-likely-to-pass-ftas-with-south-korea-colombia-and-panama&catid=43:featured&Itemid=41
"The Obama administration submitted" and "90 days to act."

B. Link

Increasing democracy assistance before the FTA will enrage House GOP Republicans and spark partisan fighting
McLaughlin, 2011, Washington Diplomat, April 26, 2011, [Seth], p. http://www.washdiplomat.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7829:key-foreign-policy-players-try-to-master-capitol-hill&catid=1473:may-2011&Itemid=471
"In general, most" and "or severely gutted."

Partisanship will erode GOP support for South Korea FTA
Southeastagent.com, September 26, 2011, p. http://southeastagnet.com/2011/09/26/alabamas-mcmillan-urges-obama-congress-to-make-free-trade-agreements-a-reality/
"Chances for passage of" and "chance of ratification"

C. Impact

Korea FTA is key to sustaining the alliance and US leadership in Asia
Scott Snyder, Council on Foreign Relations, 2/16/10, p. http://blogs.cfr.org/asia/2010/02/16/korus-fta-a-strategic-opportunity-for-bipartisanship
"In an interview with Bloomberg" and "credibility and influence in Asia."

The alliance and US leadership are key to Asian stability and deterring conflicts
Balbina Y. Hwang, Heritage Foundation, 2006, p. http://www.heritage.org/research/lecture/the-us-korea-alliance-on-the-rocks-shaken-not-stirred
"At the heart of our discussion about" and "countries rise to the occasion."

Asian conflicts will escalate to global nuclear war and destroy the economy
Niklas Swanstrom, Silk Road Studies, 2004, p. http://www.silkroadstudies.org/docs/conference_papers/2004/The%20Korean%20Peninsula.pdf
"Moreover, Northeast Asia could be argued" and "environment and the US role in it."

A. Interpretation - Substantial increase is at least 30%
Hantash, 2006, Patent Attorneys & Engineers Lynch Kneblewski - Sâo Paulo
[Feras, 3/16, http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-for-detecting-cystic-fibrosis dt20060316ptan20060057593.php]
"A substantial increase" and "wildtype CFTR gene."

Increase means to make larger or greater
Encarta World English Dictionary, 2007, http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861620741
make or become larger or greater: to become, or make something become, larger in number, quantity, or degree

And democracy assistance’s primary focus must be for democracy and involve a transfer of resources
Peter Burnell, Department of International Studies, University of Warwick Democracy Assistance: International Co-operation for Democratization, 2000. p. 5
"When defining democracy assistance" and "arbitrary judgments."

A. Payroll tax extension will pass
Andrew Taylor, AP, October 11, 2011, p. http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2011/10/11/senate-republicans-vote-to-defeat-obamas-jobs-bill
"The White House appears" and "Social Security payroll tax"

B. Link

Increasing democracy assistance will burn Obama's political capital
Lancaster, 2008, George Bush's Foreign Aid: Transformation or Chaos? Chapter 2, p. http://www.cgdev.org/files/16085_file_Lancaster_WEB.pdf
"Now matter how much need" and "any major federal program."

Political capital is key to passing payroll tax extension
The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 8, 2011, p.factiva
"Given Republican opposition" and "Security financially sound."

C. Impact

Payroll tax extension is key to preventing a recession
Zandi, Chief Economist of Moody's Analytics, October 7, 2011, MSNBC: Intervew With Moddy's Chief Economist Mark Zandi, MSNBC, [Mark], p.factiva
"ZANDI: Well, Republican proposals" and "we'll likely go into recession."

US economic decline will cause a global depression, trade wars and shooting wars
Judis, Carnegie Endowment, 2011, The New Republic, August 8, [John], p. http://www.npr.org/2011/08/08/139080654/new-republic-a-lesson-from-the-great-depression
"What is at stake goes" and "over the next year."

Global economic decline increases the risk of World War III and global nuclear war
O'Donnell, 2009, Baltimore Examiner, "Will this recession lead to World War III?"
"One of the causes of" and "history repeats itself."