Rice Testifies at FOROPS Subcommittee
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On March 12, 2008, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice testified before the House Appropriations Committee’s Foreign Operations Subcommittee regarding the FY09 Foreign Operations budget request.
McCollum (D MN): . . . This week’s announcement of the expanded Israeli settlements in the West Bank is a blow to your mission in that region. This expansion is unacceptable because it violates the road map. Madame Secretary, I’m looking for a clear, ambiguous (sic) position on continued Israeli settlement expansion. I want you to be explicit about this administration’s position on the continued settlement expansion on the West Bank. And can you give me assurances that no U.S. funds in this budget will be used to facilitate or enable or secure the expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank which violates the road map?
Rice: . . . The United States considers the expansion of settlement activity to be not consistent with Israeli obligations under the road map, and we’ve made that very clear. And I’ve also said that it’s certainly not helpful to the peace process. There is a process that we’ve set up for dealing with road map obligations of both sides. General Fraser is going to hold that trilateral this week, and I can assure you that we are following very closely to assure that U.S. dollars are not being used to support the settlement activity. . . .
McCollum (D MN): . . . This week’s announcement of the expanded Israeli settlements in the West Bank is a blow to your mission in that region. This expansion is unacceptable because it violates the road map. Madame Secretary, I’m looking for a clear, ambiguous (sic) position on continued Israeli settlement expansion. I want you to be explicit about this administration’s position on the continued settlement expansion on the West Bank. And can you give me assurances that no U.S. funds in this budget will be used to facilitate or enable or secure the expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank which violates the road map?
Rice: . . . The United States considers the expansion of settlement activity to be not consistent with Israeli obligations under the road map, and we’ve made that very clear. And I’ve also said that it’s certainly not helpful to the peace process. There is a process that we’ve set up for dealing with road map obligations of both sides. General Fraser is going to hold that trilateral this week, and I can assure you that we are following very closely to assure that U.S. dollars are not being used to support the settlement activity. . . .
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