Senators blast Tillerson delay on spending funds to counter ISIS, Russia
Lawmakers are angry he isn't using money allocated by Congress, possibly to avoid offending Kremlin.
By NAHAL TOOSI 08/02/2017 01:06 PM EDT Updated 08/02/2017 07:18 PM EDT
Two U.S. senators are demanding that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson quickly tap into $80 million in available funds to counter propaganda by Russia and terrorist groups, with one lawmaker calling his delay in using the money "indefensible."
The comments by Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio and Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut came in response to a POLITICO story that detailed how Tillerson has taken no action to spend the money, which was allocated last year by Congress, possibly because of concerns that it could hurt his efforts to reduce tensions with Russia.
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