[opentalk]

A senior State Department official said that department officials were "reworking" a $2.5 million foreign-aid earmark for Libya that, according to a memo to Congress sent last week and reported by NEWSWEEK on Thursday afternoon, was to include $400,0000 for two foundations─one headed by Kaddafi's son Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi, and another headed by his daughter. Ironically, one of the groups designated for $200,000 in State Department funds is the Kaddafi Development Foundation, headed by Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi, the Libyan leader’s son who personally arranged for Megrahi’s flight back to Tripoli last month after the convicted terrorist was released on “humanitarian” grounds from a Scottish jail. Another $200,000—part of $2.5 million in State Department economic-support funds for Libya—is slated to go to an organization headed by Kaddafi’s daughter Aisha, to promote “women’s economic opportunities.” “This waste of taxpayer dollars is particularly outrageous .

[RobinOfKingston]

The state department needs to be cleaned out ... right down to the janitorial staff.

[Conservative4Ever]

The mind boggles over insanity such as this.

[PhiKapMom]

What is ‘reworking?’ Why not cancel the whole foreign-aid earmark for Libya?

[Tai_Chung]

Why give Libya any foreign aide?

[JohnLongIsland]

Just get Jimmy O’Keefe and Hanna Giles to dress up as Kadaffi and one of his wives and walk into an ACORN office and they’ll get the government funds.

[Diogenesis]

The State Dept. honors any terrorist who murders Americans.

A statue to Arafat for executing a handicapped American.

These awards to Kaddafi clan for blowing up a plane aloft
filled with Americans.

[altair]

Quid pro quo. After all their father is one of Obama's biggest supporters.