President Bush’s budget also calls for about $80 billion in cuts from Medicare and Medicaid programs over the next five years. Other programs facing budget cuts include Head Start, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program and funding for housing for low-income seniors. Critics also say the president’s funding request for the Children’s Health Insurance Program falls far short of what is needed to keep covering the six million children now in the program. Meanwhile, President Bush has asked for a 12 percent increase in foreign aid. Israel is slated to remain the biggest recipient of U.S. aid with $2.4 billion budgeted for next year. President Bush’s budget also calls for more money to expand government propaganda broadcasts into North Korea, Iran and Cuba.