Fees waived for Evacuations from Lebanon

[Viva_La_Revolution]

just on CNN

State department waives fees because of protests.

no link yet, still looking...

KO reporting C. Rice has waived fees


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http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/18/lebanon.evacuation/index.html

Evacuation fees for Americans being helped to leave Lebanon will be waived, two Republican senators tell CNN

[gatorboy]

1. That's right!

At least have my tax dollars go to some fucking good!

[Warpy]

2. Yeah, what a publicity disaster THAT was

It could only come from Ferragamo Rice.

[saracat]

3. God damn bastards. It was NEVER right to begin with.

I hope the people who thought payment was a good idea get stuck in a missle facory that is targeted!

[ShortnFiery]

4. Yeah, who advises the clueless State Department?

Also, someone said early on at The State Department something to the effect that,
"We don't know exactly how many of that 25,000 will want to be evacuated." :wtf: Here's a clue ---> ALL OF THEM, AND LIKE YESTERDAY!!!

I think they tagged a political crony version of "The Keystone Cops" to run the present State Department. They seemingly operate like a bull in a china shop. :grr:

[goforit]

17. DicK!

[LA lady]

5. You may want to look at the rest of the story.....

Congress passed this in 2003 and most Democrats voted for it:

http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=3825&sequence=0

Reimbursements for Emergency Overseas Evacuation. Section 201 would allow the State Department to seek reimbursements for the emergency evacuation of employees of the U.S. government, their dependents, private U.S. citizens, and foreign nationals. According to the department, this section of the bill codifies existing practice and would have no impact on the budget.



http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=h2001-121

Democrat Republican Independent
Aye 170 175 1
Nay 35 36 2
Absent 3 3 0

[ShortnFiery]

6. Charging to evacuate people from an impromptu WAR ZONE should

be a glaring exception. :grr:

[rodeodance]

9. a man from STATE was on Jim Lehrer tonight "long time" practice he

kept saying--that was just an hour ago.

been 3 years looks like.

[LA lady]

13. not sure what the history is.

I was actually evacuated from Lebanon in June of 1967. We were not Government or State department. I was a teenager and neither my Mom nor I could remember if we had to repay. (Dad's dead)

[KamaAina]

20. "...this section of the bill codifies existing practice"

According to the department, this section of the bill codifies existing practice and would have no impact on the budget.

So in other words, they were doing it all along, even before it was the law?!

[rodeodance]

7. whow Condi. whow whow--that a gal.

[izzie]

8. I have said for years that the GOP does not understand this----

OUR gov. is a service to 'we the people' not a switch of tax payers money to Bush;s pals or a business set up for profit.

[Sam Odom]

10. GOP will take credit for this - That will be the spin n/t

n/t

[rodeodance]

11. hey you two repugs---about time!

Evacuation fees for Americans being helped to leave Lebanon will be waived, two Republican senators tell CNN

[Rose Siding]

12. They were shamed into it by the decency of other countries

[madaboutharry]

19. I agree, they were shamed into it.

They would never have come to this decision on their own.

[Lindacooks]

14. Is somebody keeping track of all these flip-flops?

They would make a very nice campaign ad this fall.

[goforit]

15. The raping of tax payers in broad daylight didn't work, eh?

Hey Dick, try again next time!

[bluestateguy]

16. I knew they'd FLIP FLOP

FLOP FLIP.

Such conviction, such resolve to stand by their positions on issues...

[AngryOldDem]

18. Bad PR can work wonders. n/t

[AlamoDemoc]

21. Yeah! While you are bombed with your own tax dollars...

you are still to pay your escape route.

[everythingsxen]

22. The talk of flip-flops etc...

will bear no fruit. The republicans will claim on all media sources that the Dems passed this eeeevil law forcing those poor stranded people to be trapped, while the great and benevolent republicans are the ones who overruled the law and saved them.