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Article: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is the senior Republican on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.(The Week)(Brief article)
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- April 20, 2009
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* Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is the senior Republican on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Recently she issued a statement with several of her colleagues. It called for a cessation of U.S. funds to UNRWA. What is UNRWA? The United Nations Relief and Works Agency, set up to benefit one group of people: Palestinians. As Ros-Lehtinen & Co. wrote, "For six decades, the United States has voluntarily contributed billions of dollars" to UNRWA. "In return for our generous investment, UNRWA subverts our laws, aids violent Islamist extremists, propagandizes against our ally Israel and in favor ...