December 15, 2010

U.N. Gets New Oversight

By Wendy Wright
It's a delicious irony. Radical feminists' dreams came true recently with the creation of U.N. Women, a new über-agency that will agitate globally for their pet projects using unrestricted funding from governments. Yet in an unexpected twist, a Republican congresswoman will soon be in charge of the House Foreign Affairs committees that oversee U.S. involvement at the U.N.And this lady plans to tighten the purse strings.Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) is the new chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee.  She is no pushover.  An exile from Cuba, she's a staunch critic of repressive regimes, and she's adamantly pro-life. After Republicans placed her at the helm, Rep. Ros-Lehtinen said, "I plan on using U.S. contributions to international organizations as leverage to press for real reform of those organizations, such as the United Nations." The U.S. is the largest funder of the U.N., contributing 22 percent of the U.N.'s regular budget and more than 25...(Read Full Article)