Obama signs PLO office waiver

Politico ^ | 4/10.09 | Josh Gerstein

[nickcarraway]

President Barack Obama signed a waiver Thursday that will allow the Palestinian Liberation Organization to retain its office in Washington, D.C.

A law passed in 1987 barred the operation of such an office, but legislation has permitted presidents to waive the requirement for six months at a time. President Bill Clinton allowed the PLO mission to open in 1994, and presidential waivers have been regularly issued ever since.

"I hereby determine and certify that it is important to the national security interests of the United States to waive" the restriction, Obama wrote in the determination sent Thursday to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

The waiver was released at about the same time that Obama was having a Passover Seder at the White House with friends and members of his staff.

The $83.4 billion supplemental spending bill Obama sent to Congress Thursday contains $800 million "to support the Palestinian people, strengthen the Palestinian Authority and provide humanitarian assistance for the crisis in Gaza," a statement from the Office of Management and Budget said.

[Candor7]

Go figure why Zero will let the Pirate Hostage , a good man from Vermont, go to the Islamofascist dogs.

Zero is fast becoming a vilified, hated man.

[SunkenCiv]

President Barack Obama signed a waiver Thursday that will allow the Palestinian Liberation Organization to retain its office in Washington, D.C.

Of course, in the past, its office wasn't actually *in* the White House...

The waiver was released at about the same time that Obama was having a Passover Seder at the White House with friends and members of his staff.

Oh, I didn't realize he was pretending to be a Jew, too.

The $83.4 billion supplemental spending bill Obama sent to Congress Thursday contains $800 million "to support the Palestinian people, strengthen the Palestinian Authority and provide humanitarian assistance for the crisis in Gaza," a statement from the Office of Management and Budget said.

That'll look good when he's running for reelection -- "he kept us out of balance."

[Cindy]

Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Presidential-Memorandum-Regarding-the-Palestine-Liberation-Organization-Office-4/09/09/

THE BRIEFING ROOM

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary
_______________________________________________________
For Immediate Release April 9, 2009

Presidential Determination
No. 2009-17

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE

SUBJECT: Waiver and Certification of Statutory Provisions Regarding the Palestine Liberation Organization Office

Pursuant to the authority and conditions contained in Section 7034(b) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2009 (Div. H, Public Law 111 8), I hereby determine and certify that it is important to the national security interests of the United States to waive the provisions of Section 1003 of the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987, Public Law 100-204.

This waiver shall be effective for a period of 6 months. You are hereby authorized and directed to transmit this determination to the Congress and to publish it in the Federal Register.

BARACK OBAMA