The devil is in the details
This administration always releases the interesting stuff on Friday. They figure that the major new outlets will not pick up on it and by Monday, anything reported will be below the fold on page 24.
This from the State Department's
Daily Press Briefing
The person talking is Spokesperson Victoria Nuland:
QUESTION: Can I ask on Palestinian aid? There�s reporting out of the region that the funds have actually been unblocked kind of a bit quietly over the last couple of weeks, the 200 million that was held up in Congress, and that�s now been received by the Palestinian Authority.
MS. NULAND: Jo, I don�t � I�m just finding it here. I did go through this about a week ago in some detail. I can do it again for you. To date, we have moved $295.7 million in Fiscal Year 2012 money, 200 million of that � see, this � numbers don�t � oh, and 200 million in Fiscal Year 2013 assistance. So breaking that down again, 200 million in FY2013 ESF money was direct budget support for the Palestinian Authority; 195.7 million in FY12 Economic Support money went for development and humanitarian assistance implemented by USAID; 100 million in FY2012 for International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement; and then in February � at the end of February we notified Congress about another 200 million that we�d like to move.
So we are giving these swine about $500 million dollars all the while the White House is closed to school tours and 140 county airports are being closed due to "budget cuts".
Posted by DaveH at March 23, 2013 12:51 PM