Clinton wants Obama to veto foreign aid bill

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has asked President Obama to veto the foreign aid bill voted by the House Foreign Affairs Committee if it reaches him. In particular, she mentioned provisions cutting aid to the United Nations, and restricting aid to the 'Palestinians,' Egypt and Pakistan. Clinton said in a letter Tuesday that she would urge President Barack Obama to veto the bill if it

PLO Washington office to be shut if they pursue unilateral statehood?

The House Foreign Operations Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee has proposed shutting down the PLO's Washington office in the event that it unilaterally pursues 'statehood' in the United Nations. The bill, referred Wednesday by the foreign operations subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee to the full committee, for the first time restricts the broad presidential waiver that