Obama rushes to send millions of dollars out to his (special) friends in his last week in office.

AP ^ | 23JAN17 | BY MATTHEW LEE AND RICHARD LARDNER

[vannrox]

US SENT $221 MILLION TO PALESTINIANS IN OBAMA'S LAST HOURS

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Officials say the Obama administration in its waning hours defied Republican opposition and quietly released $221 million to the Palestinian Authority that GOP members of Congress had been blocking.

A State Department official and several congressional aides said the outgoing administration formally notified Congress it would spend the money Friday morning. The official said former Secretary of State John Kerry had informed some lawmakers of the move shortly before he left the State Department for the last time Thursday. The aides said written notification dated Jan. 20 was sent to Congress just hours before Donald Trump took the oath of office.

In addition to the $221 million for the Palestinians, the Obama administration also told Congress on Friday it was going ahead with the release of another $6 million in foreign affairs spending, including $4 million for climate change programs and $1.25 million for U.N. organizations, the congressional aides said. The aides and the State Department official weren't authorized to speak publicly on the matter and demanded anonymity.

------ SNIP ------

[King Moonracer]

FUBO.

[vannrox]

Other preferred causes include...

The $1.25 million for U.N. agencies is to be used as voluntary contributions to the U.N. Peacebuilding Fund;

the U.N. Special Coordinator on improving the U.N. response to sexual exploitation and abuse;

the Montreal Protocol Secretariat, which oversees the protection of the ozone layer;

the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights;

the U.N. System Staff College.

The $4 million for climate programs includes assistance for clean energy, sustainable landscapes, cutting greenhouse gas emissions and creating a climate technology center.

The last-minute allocation also contained $1.05 million in funding for the State Department’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan office

and the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs.

[hal ogen]

I want my money back! Grifters...thieves...criminals!!!

[vannrox]

How will this money HELP Americans?

Answer: It won't. It's gone and it is going into the hands of non-Americans to spend as they choose.

[Edgar3]

Treasonous bastard!

[Lurkinanloomin]

See why the founders tried to prevent him from being President with the natural born citizen clause?

He admitted his foreign national father made him a British subject at birth. He is not a natural born citizen.

[Monterrosa-24]

He needs to be The GOP needs to quit being sheepish thinking Blacks will be upset at resistance to Obama corruption. But people need to learn that no one is above the law.

[SaveFerris]

[silverleaf]

Holy crepe
Who signed the check? Obama or Harrison J. Bounel ?

[Ramcat]

Stop payment on the check(s)!

[originalbuckeye]

Obama, hemorrhaging taxpayer money for the last time. Eight long years of taxpayer money going to those who hate us. So glad Obama is out of the WH. Prayers that Trump can fix Obama’s multitude of messes.

[dp0622]

From now on, the title of any thread should just say WARNING

And the real title and article will show when you click on WARNING.

I desire never to see/hear/think his name again!

[DiogenesLamp]

US SENT $221 MILLION TO PALESTINIANS IN OBAMA'S LAST HOURS

It's most likely just numbers. Trump's Government should order the Banks that supposedly received this money to electronically wire it back.

In other words, cancel the check. I think the banks involved will comply, because the US has a lot of financial clout with which to annihilate them if they don't.

[Dave W]

No one does business by checks anymore. These are EFTs. Effective the second they are sent. But, maybe the US can delete these amounts in lieu of future dues to the UN, perhaps.

[DiogenesLamp]

No one does business by checks anymore. These are EFTs. Effective the second they are sent. But, maybe the US can delete these amounts in lieu of future dues to the UN, perhaps.

I know they are electronic funds transfers. "Check" is just a metaphor.

I think we can get that money back, or make the people who kept it wish they had given it back.

[King Moonracer]

Obama is a turd infused with a fart, so he’ll be floating around for a while. Warning indeed.

[FreedomStar3028]

Has it been sent? Can’t Trump put a freeze on the accounts, or something?

[dp0622]

Good description.

[Ramcat]

Do an electronic re-capture.