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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1195529" data-attributes="member: 12952">[h=1]U.S. Spent $1,010,354,195 on Syrian Humanitarian Aid 2012-2013[/h][h=2]U.S. taxpayers have spent at least <a href="http://www.usaid.gov/crisis/syria" target="_blank">$1,010,354,195</a>&nbsp; on Syrian humanitarian aid for fiscal years 2012 and 2013, according to&nbsp; official numbers from the United States Agency for International&nbsp; Development (USAID).[/h]Last month, President Barack Obama pledged $195 million in additional&nbsp; humanitarian support to Syrians affected by the country&#039;s civil war,&nbsp; tipping U.S. taxpayer spending over the $1 billion threshold. &quot;The vast majority of aid is going to territory controlled by&nbsp; President Bashar al-Assad, and the small amount reaching opposition-held&nbsp; areas is all but invisible,&quot; the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/09/world/middleeast/in-syrias-rebel-strongholds-foreign-aid-yields-anger.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=1&amp;" target="_blank">New York Times</a> reported.&nbsp;Humanitarian workers in Syria like Ghassan Hitto, the chief&nbsp; coordinator for the Western-backed Syrian national coalition, say they&nbsp; are frustrated with the poorly-run relief efforts. &nbsp;&quot;We believe we are owed an explanation over where this money is going, but every time we ask, we can&#039;t get an answer.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1195529, member: 12952"] [h=1]U.S. Spent $1,010,354,195 on Syrian Humanitarian Aid 2012-2013[/h] [h=2]U.S. taxpayers have spent at least [URL="http://www.usaid.gov/crisis/syria"]$1,010,354,195[/URL] on Syrian humanitarian aid for fiscal years 2012 and 2013, according to official numbers from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).[/h]Last month, President Barack Obama pledged $195 million in additional humanitarian support to Syrians affected by the country's civil war, tipping U.S. taxpayer spending over the $1 billion threshold. "The vast majority of aid is going to territory controlled by President Bashar al-Assad, and the small amount reaching opposition-held areas is all but invisible," the [I][URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/09/world/middleeast/in-syrias-rebel-strongholds-foreign-aid-yields-anger.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&"]New York Times[/URL][/I] reported. Humanitarian workers in Syria like Ghassan Hitto, the chief coordinator for the Western-backed Syrian national coalition, say they are frustrated with the poorly-run relief efforts. "We believe we are owed an explanation over where this money is going, but every time we ask, we can't get an answer." [/QUOTE]

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