US official: Gaza Reconstruction Aid To Top $900M »
Posted By TimALoftis 8 months, 3 weeks ago in NewsJERUSALEM -United States aid for the Gaza Strip's reconstruction will likely top $900 million, an official said, as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton prepared to make her first Mideast trip as America's top diplomat.
Israeli and Palestinian officials said Monday that Clinton will visit Israel and the West Bank during the first week of March. Clinton said during her Asia trip last week that she would attend an international donors conference in Egypt on March 2 to discuss reconstruction in Gaza.
She provided no other details, but a U.S. official in the United States said Monday that the Obama administration's donation will be at least $900 million in humanitarian and rebuilding aid to the Palestinian Authority to help Gaza recover from Israel's offensive against Hamas last month.
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HMMace8 months, 2 weeks ago
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Just how much of that billion will be kicked back into our pols pockets???? My guess?? Almost all of it..and--that is par for the course with our crooked -greedy, and corrupt pols...
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We need one--just one--good revovlution...
How much of that "stimulus" will be kicked back??? Again--I would say--almost all of it.. too bad--but--with the crooked pols--what can we expect??? Every pol in Washington will be a guad millionaire after today...
We sure got a change with Obama--a name change from, Bush to Obama..thats all the change we got..
Banks cheat--steal billions--what does our pols do--pays off thier debts with our tax money..Anybody fired --?? Nope---
Anybody go to jail ?? Nope..
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