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    U.S. Pledges $10 Million For Syrian Aid as Evacuation of Homs Begins

    U.S. Pledges $10 Million For Syrian Aid as Evacuation of Homs Begins

    Update (4:40 p.m.) — President Obama weighed in on the situation in Syria on Friday afternoon, saying during a meeting with Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt that "We are going to keep the pressure up" in order to stop the violence in Syria. Espousing "international unity" the president added that "all of us who have been seeing the terrible pictures coming out of Syria and Homs recently, recognize it is absolutely imperative for the international community to rally and send a clear message to President Assad that it is time for a transition. It is time for that regime to move on, and it is time to stop the killing of Syrian citizens by their own government. 

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    "It is important that we not be bystanders during these extraordinary events," Obama declared.

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    Original Post — After the International Red Cross opened up talks with the Syrian government, aid workers started to evacuate sick or wounded women and children from Homs on Friday, according to Reuters  Carla Haddad, chief spokeswoman for the Red Cross, called it "a first step forward."

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    The United States is making its own steps to calm down the situation as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced plans to send $10 million in humanitarian aid to Syria. "These funds will help support makeshift medical facilities, train emergency medical staff, and get clean water, food, blankets, heaters, and hygiene kits to Syrian civilians in need," Clinton said in the release. "This is not the end. The United States will provide more humanitarian support in coming days."

     

    87 comments

    • R Young  •  3 mths ago
      and this money comes from where ?????????? oh the american soc security fund, you mean you have not wasted it all yet
      • tufluv 3 mths ago
        Obama won't quit spending until America is bankrupt. NOBAMA 2012 or NOAmerica.
      • hung9 3 mths ago
        TRUTH!
    • Thomas  •  San Antonio, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      this country called america needs the aid. not syria.
      • tufluv 3 mths ago
        Obama won't quit spending until America is bankrupt. NOBAMA 2012 or NOAmerica.
    • Bill  •  Valparaiso, Indiana  •  3 mths ago
      Who authorized that money? Did we the people vote? Impeach all current politicians and lets run this democratically. I bet the American people would overwhelmingly deny this frivolous spending. I would sooner spend on Home Issues. This is not a democracy.
    • james  •  3 mths ago
      Let the Arabs take care of their own.
    • sean  •  Seoul, South Korea  •  3 mths ago
      Obama allows Clinton to give Ten Million...lets take it out of his re-election campaign funds...see how fast he "cares" for the syrians.
    • sean  •  Seoul, South Korea  •  3 mths ago
      This is not the end....of spending more US dollars that we don't actually have......
    • Super Dave  •  Scio, Oregon  •  3 mths ago
      The US government can't fix the #$%$ potholes in the streets but they can give the radical Muslims 10 million. How long until we are bankrupt?
    • S  •  3 mths ago
      let me get this straight.were giving 10 mil to syria.were borrowing from china and paying intrest to boot.china opposes any help.sounds to me like their just protecting their investments.american taxpayers get the shaft again.
    • KAREN  •  Stockton, California  •  3 mths ago
      What about US Obama. Quit wasting our Tax Payers MONEY !! Why don't you just give them your House & Car while you are @ It.
    • xps420  •  3 mths ago
      We should protest And let the white house and obama and her etc know but hell no we don't won't or tax money used in this dump or any other dump , less start calling for recalls now and not put any one who votes or agrees with this back in ( NO TO AID OF ANY KIND ) Call you're REP and let them Know I have.
    • WTF  •  3 mths ago
      Dollars and Apologies! Now that's some crap foreign policy.
    • NutSac  •  3 mths ago
      No, No, #$%$!?!
    • KIP  •  3 mths ago
      Opening up our check book as usual. Saudi Arabia has bought how many billions of our IOUs (US treasuries)? They are the benefactor of all this unease. Filled up your car lately.
    • john  •  Orlando, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      WE NEED THAT MONEY HERE!!!!! take care of TRUE AMERICANS FIRST, screw the rest!!
    • Bones  •  Newhall, California  •  3 mths ago
      Over 16 Trillion in debt and still giving it away. Good going U.S. Gov't, you are selling out America one dollar at a time.
    • Timothy Ford  •  3 mths ago
      Give the money back to the American people and help them pay his or her bills think about America for one time
    • Dr. Funks Info  •  3 mths ago
      Aid, f{_}ck that! and yes all caps because i am yelling because i am #$%$ these same fckts were burning our american flag just a couple years back. screw obama, what a dumb asz i am for voting for him a dumb asz i say. and hillary is a dumb as for staying with billy and his little willy. she wasn't a distraught hurt wife over it. she was a durty #$%$ and was probably filming monica fat red lipps on billys lil pecker. the only people i feel bad for are my fellow american still camping in the creeks near my house.
    • fred  •  3 mths ago
      good our government gives anything and everything to any country in the world except its citizens
    • hung9  •  Chicago, Illinois  •  3 mths ago
      STOP all AID to everyone but our OWN,WE GIVE AID to CHINA.??????????
    • democraticaly elected  •  3 mths ago
      by Ms. Clinton standards "humanitarian aid" means land mines, explosives( the weapon of choice by the saudi terrorists). And all the "humanitarian aid"for Syria is to be distrubuted via Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Turkey.
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