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(57,596 posts)Gabbard to repay cost of Syria trip
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) will personally reimburse the cost of her controversial visit to Syria earlier this month, according to her office.
Gabbard secretly traveled to Syria earlier in January on a fact finding mission in the country, which has been devastated by civil war. The Hawaii Democrat confirmed last week she met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during her visit. Democrats and Republicans alike were critical of the decision, with members of both parties voicing concerns with the trip in light of Assads human rights record.
An elected official, a representative of the United States, went on a secret trip to meet with the brutal dictator who murdered nearly half a million of his own people its reprehensible and cannot be justified, Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Colo.) said in a Jan. 26 email.
The actions of Congresswoman Gabbard have put our nations reputation and foreign policy concerns at high risk and I couldnt be more disgusted.
Gabbards trip was sponsored by the Arab American Community Center for Economic and Social Services (AACCESS) in Ohio.
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/317270-gabbard-to-repay-syria-trip-costs
Even I'm interested to learn how a group that doesn't exist foots the bill for a congressional delegation, and how Tulsi plans to reimburse a group that doesn't exist...