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Grassley Grills Biden Nominee Over Push to Lift Sanctions on Group Tied to Terror
Senator asks USAID pick Samantha Power about advocating on behalf of a foreign sanctioned entity. Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power answers a question from Indira Lakshmanan during a panel at The Texas Tribune Festival on September 28, 2019 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Sergio Flores/Getty Images) Adam Kredo • March 8, 2021 5:45 pm
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The Biden administration’s nomination of Samantha Power to head the United States Agency for International Development is facing congressional scrutiny amid allegations the former Obama administration’s United Nations ambassador personally lobbied to remove a terror-designated group from the U.S. sanctions list.
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Liberian Senate Split over Having Sen. Sherman Removed from Judiciary Committee Following U.S. Economic Sanction
Liberian Senate Split over Having Sen. Sherman Removed from Judiciary Committee Following U.S. Economic Sanction
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MONROVIA – The Liberian Senate is carefully handling matters relating to economic sanction placed on one of their colleagues, Senator Varney Sherman of Grand Cape Mount County by the United States Department of Treasury on allegations of corruption and bribery.
Cllr. Sherman stands accused by the Treasury Department of facilitating bribery within the Judiciary for judges to grant ruling in his clients’ favor and in some instance paid bribe to facilitate the removal of an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court – Justice Kabineh Ja’neh – who had ruled against him.