WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday she would ask the U.S. Congress for tens of millions of dollars to strengthen the security forces of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

"We will request funding to support the security reform (of Abbas's forces) and I think we will get support," Rice said in an interview with Reuters, adding that the aid would be in the range of tens of millions of dollars. (Reporting by Sue Pleming, Carol Giacomo and Arshad Mohammed, editing by Frances Kerry; email:sue.pleming@Reuters.com; tel: 202 898 8393)

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