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  • UNRWA violating regulations

    09/28/2006 9:03:51 PM PDT · by Ooh-Ah · 6 replies · 392+ views
    THE JERUSALEM POST ^ | Sep. 28, 2006
    The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) does not check agency beneficiaries against a list of known terrorists identified by the police or Israeli government, US Congressmen Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Steven Rothman (D-NJ) told US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in a letter released for publication on Thursday. In the letter, Kirk and Rothman cited a recently released United Nations Board of Auditors report that included a harsh assessment of UNRWA's management, efficiency and security. Additionally, Kirk and Rothman called on Rice to do more to ensure UNRWA is complying with federal anti-terrorism laws. UNRWA...
  • TV show puts lawmakers on comedic hot seat

    03/27/2006 12:07:49 PM PST · by qam1 · 11 replies · 941+ views
    The Boston Globe ^ | 3/27/06 | Susan Milligan
    Politicians hope laugh a track to young voters US Representative Brad Sherman of California was pressed to name his favorite porn star. His colleague, Florida's John Mica, was asked how he managed to get through airport security with his rumored toupee. Representative Barney Frank of Newton, who is openly gay, became annoyed when asked for his wife's opinions, while Eliot Engel, a congressman from the Bronx, suffered the indignity of having his mustache combed on national television. Public humiliation on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" is becoming a rite of passage for the closely divided House of Representatives, whose members...