Muscatine

Hi. Ya know I gave that *eye to eye*  thought some consideration. It's true we are a people in  need of some mutual interest and consern these days. My republican distinction and inclinations are of little importance in the over all scheme of things. Just as your or others democratic ones are. To me, and growing up in an era where the only real difference was what role our government played in our specific needs, it's about a nation. A country of Americans and this division we suffer, striving to come together for the common good of all. That era has been obliterated by those SO CALLED BUSH REPUBLICANS who left the notion of American individualism, fell into greed ahead of the depression and enslaved a nation thus falling into our welfare era. Now those same ugly beasts have taken us  into our current crisis. To me, being a republican is tougher and tougher these days to truly belong, since they are about to die out with my generation. This is still America and still one nation under God. Those who do not understand that, should consider not calling themselves Republicans and in many cases Americans. Since that has begun to leave a bad tatse in the mouths of a nation poised to toss them out on their butts. If Ronald Reagan were here today or could, he would toss them out himself or roll in his grave as we speak. When that man spoke of American glory, the economy, or jobs and government, he felt it, fought for it and honestly believed in it. He would not have signed those Bush trade pacts with Americorps and our financial rivals as the *new Republican* leaders have. At least not with any path for companies to close up and walk off with trillions in their pockets. Greed and  American glory do not go hand in had my friends and he would not be proud of his/our party today. Mr Hoover and Reagan were the last vestiges of what a true Republican stood for.

Something official.

 

UNRWA has two primary sources of funding: (1) the General Fund, which is funded through voluntary

contributions to UNRWA’s regular budget annually, and (2) the Emergency Appeal, which is funded

 

through an appeal by UNRWA’s Commissioner-General to donors for emergency funding in response

 

to a crisis in a particular UNRWA field area of operations. The United States does not currently limit

 

contributions to UNRWA’s General Fund to specific purposes. However, as of July 2007, State said it

 

placed limitations on all its contributions to UNRWA’s Emergency Appeal for West Bank and Gaza so

 

that no U.S. funds are to be used for UNRWA’s emergency cash assistance activities in West Bank

 

and Gaza.

 

According to the mission, none of the scholarship or tuition funds were provided to the recipients. All

 

assistance was provided directly to the relevant school on their behalf.

 

 

To help ensure that U.S. funds for these programs are not provided to

individuals or entities engaged in terrorist activities, State and USAID must

comply with restrictions under U.S. law when providing funds for

Palestinian assistance programs. For the bilateral aid program, section

657(b) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008 states the following:

"Prior to the obligation of funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘Economic

Support Fund’ for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Secretary of State shall take

all appropriate steps to ensure that such assistance is not provided to or through any

individual, private or government entity, or educational institution that the Secretary

knows or has reason to believe advocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has engaged in,

terrorist activity nor, with respect to private entities or educational institutions, those that

 

have as a principal officer of the entity’s governing board or governing board of trustees

any individual that has been determined to be involved in, or advocating terrorist activity or

 

determined to be a member of a designated foreign terrorist organization. The Secretary of

 

State shall, as appropriate, establish procedures specifying the steps to be taken in carrying

 

out this subsection and shall terminate assistance to any individual, entity, or educational

 

institution which she has determined to be involved in or advocating terrorist activity."

 

 

In addition, the act states:

"None of the funds appropriated under title II through V of this Act for assistance under the

West Bank and Gaza program may be made available for the purpose of recognizing or

otherwise honoring individuals who commit, or have committed, acts of terrorism."

 

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The Secretary of State has deferred to USAID, the implementing agency, to

ensure compliance with these and similar provisions. The USAID Mission

to the West Bank and Gaza (the mission) developed Mission Order 21,

which outlines USAID’s procedures to help ensure that its assistance

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Section 657(c)(1), Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008, PL 110-161, Dec. 26, 2007.

 

Page 7 GAO-09-622 Foreign Assistance

 

 

Wow you didn't just slither there, you went and delivered. I knew there was more to the story and that like him or not, Obama just holds the reins to that old horse a while. Like I said, it's Isreal and the PA's bastard children.