Posted on 09/27/2009 10:27:40 PM PDT by kingattax
GOP lawmakers are calling on the Obama administration to cancel $400,000 in economic aid to foundations run by Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi following his rambling diatribe at the United Nations this week and the hero's welcome he gave to the Lockerbie bomber last month.
The State Department notified lawmakers earlier this month of its intent to disburse $2.5 million in economic aid to Libya, including $400,000 for Qaddafi's foundations. Of the $400,000 half will go to a foundation run by the leader's son, Saif, and the other half to one run by his daughter, Aisha.
Florida Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtien, the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton requesting the cancellation of the entire $2.5 million of economic aid.
Ros-Lehtien argued that Congress' goal of providing money to promote democracy and human rights in Libya has been undermined by the administration's decision to funnel the resources through the Qaddafi family.
"How could this assistance effectively promote democracy when entrusted to the dictator's family?" she wrote in the letter.
The White House deferred questions to the National Security Council, which could not be reached on Saturday. Neither could the State Department.
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Geez...just another one of those - what the hell are we doing with our money? times.... Not to exclude the stupid Republicans - as they have been doing this for years.
Damn do we need another party or at least some honest people in office - how about some farmers....
IGNORE the San Joaquin valley farmers from getting water so they can grown your food and give all the money to some two bit genie and the house of Q-Daffy. I’m living in an alternate universe.
Qaddafi's Body Guards
Don't be deceived: The Libyan leader's female guards are trained to kill
Perhaps the Qaddafi foundation needs more funds to pay for these 40 female bodyguards that Qaddafi travels with
Please throw in the 1/2 billion to Gore while you’re at it.
And what about the hundreds of millions going to relocate Palestinians to the US?
Can anyone say blackmail????? He referred to Obama during his rant as “Kenyan born”. Then all the sudden Obama gives to the leaders children a donation to their foundations?????
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