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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/29/AR2006012900988.html
Rice Rules Out Aiding Hamas-Led Government
(Washington Post) Kevin Sullivan - Secretary of State Rice said Sunday the U.S. would not provide financial assistance to a Palestinian government run by Hamas. "The United States is not prepared to fund an organization that advocates the destruction of Israel, that advocates violence." Rice said funding from the EU, Asian nations, the UN, and international financial institutions is in jeopardy if Hamas does not change its policies. "The bedrock principle here is we can't have funding for an organization that holds those views just because it is in government," Rice said.