itshappening
03-23-2013, 04:30 PM
This has been quite an expensive trip for the taxpayer. First $200m to Jordan and now this...
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The United States has quietly unblocked almost $500 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority which had been frozen by Congress for months, a top US official said Friday.
The news that the funds had finally been freed up came after US President Barack Obama met top Israeli and Palestinian leaders in a landmark visit to Israel and the West Bank earlier this week.
"To date, we have moved $295.7 million in fiscal year 2012 money… and $200 million in fiscal year 2013 assistance," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters.
The Obama administration also notified Congress in late February that it was seeking a further $200 million to fund US Agency for International Development (USAID) programs for the Palestinians, she said.
The first sum comprises some $195.7 million, allocated under the 2012 fiscal year budget for USAID economic, development and humanitarian assistance, as well as a further $100 million earmarked specifically for narcotics control.
The second sum of $200 million unblocked and available to the Palestinian Authority will come under the 2013 budget and be spent for direct budget support.
SOURCE:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4360135,00.html
Kerry also promised an additional $200m to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt so that's nearly $1 BILLION he's handed out in the space of a few weeks.
Vice President Biden decided to visit London and Paris after seeing the Pope and charged his $1 million hotel bill to the taxpayer.
Meanwhile, they FAA are shutting down towers and the White House are cancelling tours for school children.
These people are out of control....
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The United States has quietly unblocked almost $500 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority which had been frozen by Congress for months, a top US official said Friday.
The news that the funds had finally been freed up came after US President Barack Obama met top Israeli and Palestinian leaders in a landmark visit to Israel and the West Bank earlier this week.
"To date, we have moved $295.7 million in fiscal year 2012 money… and $200 million in fiscal year 2013 assistance," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters.
The Obama administration also notified Congress in late February that it was seeking a further $200 million to fund US Agency for International Development (USAID) programs for the Palestinians, she said.
The first sum comprises some $195.7 million, allocated under the 2012 fiscal year budget for USAID economic, development and humanitarian assistance, as well as a further $100 million earmarked specifically for narcotics control.
The second sum of $200 million unblocked and available to the Palestinian Authority will come under the 2013 budget and be spent for direct budget support.
SOURCE:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4360135,00.html
Kerry also promised an additional $200m to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt so that's nearly $1 BILLION he's handed out in the space of a few weeks.
Vice President Biden decided to visit London and Paris after seeing the Pope and charged his $1 million hotel bill to the taxpayer.
Meanwhile, they FAA are shutting down towers and the White House are cancelling tours for school children.
These people are out of control....