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Clinton Starts Mideast Diplomacy With Cash for Gaza
nytimes.com - 3/2/2009
Clinton Starts Mideast Diplomacy With Cash for Gaza
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In her first foray into Middle East diplomacy, Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in the region with a pledge of $300 million for war-torn Gaza. >
blogs.tnr.com - 2/24/2009
$900 Million From U.S. To Gaza: Is The Administration Nuts?
— blogs.tnr.com — I saw the news on Reuters right after I noticed in Ha'aretz that Qatar, one of the... world's wealthiest countries, was contributing the handsome sum of $40 million to its suffering brothers and sisters in Gaza. That won't break Qatar's bank. It's tip ... (more) $900 Million From U.S. To Gaza: Is The Administration Nuts?

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foxnews.com - 3/3/2009
Lawmakers Worry Whether U.S. Can Keep Gaza Aid Away From Hamas - First 100 Days of Presidency - ...
— foxnews.com — Lawmakers on Capitol Hill say they are concerned that some of the billions of dollars pledged to... rebuild the Gaza Strip, including money from the United States, may end up in the hands of Hamas. Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit announced at ... (more) Lawmakers Worry Whether U.S. Can Keep Gaza Aid Away From ...

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Clinton calls for action to forge Mideast peace
usatoday.com - 3/2/2009
Clinton calls for action to forge Mideast peace
— usatoday.com — On her first foray into Middle East diplomacy, Clinton used an international donors conference to issue a... blunt call for urgent action to forge a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace. She also signaled a possible warming in U.S. relations with Syria after ... (more) Clinton calls for action to forge Mideast peace

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The Early Word: Obama's Health Care Push
The Caucus — ... Britain and Ireland, often at a lower price than in the United States. She also has added tens of thousands of children from low-income households to state health programs. And as Kansas’s elected insurance commissioner, Sebelius achieved national recognition when she blocked the sale of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, which she was convinced would raise premiums. State Dept. On her second major trip, this one to the Middle East, Hillary Rodham Clinton, the secretary of state, pledged to work for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ...

NSN Daily Update 3/2/09
democracyarsenal.org — ... tomorrow.  The U.S. will provide $300 million in humanitarian aid to Gaza.  Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is likely to face charges in the ...

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