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Senator Coburn requests copy of report critical of U.S. broadcasts in Arabic

November 18, 2008

Senator Tom Coburn (OK-R) sent a letter to the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) requesting un-redacted copies of studies said to be critical of taxpayer funded broadcasts in Arabic by Alhurra. Th... Read More link

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While millions starve, U.N. diverts scarce funds to produce cookbooks

November 7, 2008

Refugees that escape North Korea and China’s forced repatriation say that they got so desperate for food, they ate the bark off trees. While countless millions like these North Koreans are sta... Read More link


FFM Oversight Issue

Justice Denied

October 28, 2008

Justice Denied: Waste & Mismanagement at the Department of Justice, a new oversight report released by Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), details over $10 billion in mismanaged, inefficient, duplicative, wast... Read More link

Your Tax Dollars at Work

During financial crisis, State Department spending $195,000 for airport expeditor

October 10, 2008

Days after the federal government passed a $700 billion bailout bill and despite the government being nearly $10 trillion in debt, the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affair... Read More link


Oversight Action

U.S. public diplomacy programs continue use of Muslim Brotherhood affiliates

October 9, 2008

On July 30, 2008, Senators Tom Coburn and Jon Kyl sent a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asking her to stop funding affiliates of the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamists tasked to wag... Read More link

Legislative and Floor Action

Coburn Opposes $400 Million Bailout of the African Development Bank

September 24, 2008

Opposing a $400 million bailout of the African Development Bank for making bad loans to low-income countries, Sen. Coburn blocked the passage by unanimous consent of S. 3169. To read more about Sen.... Read More link


Legislative and Floor Action

Coburn Opposes $7.5 Billion Bailout of Multilateral Banks

September 18, 2008

Opposing a $1.13 billion foreign aid program and a $7.5 billion bailout of multilateral banks, such as the World Bank and the African Development Bank, for making bad loans to low-income countries, Se... Read More link

Oversight Action

U.S. Spending $470,000+ to Send 116 Federal Employees to Mexico City AIDS Conference

July 31, 2008

At least 116 U.S. federal employees will join 22,000 people attending this week’s International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Taxpayers will contribute almost a half-a-million dollars to t... Read More link


Oversight Action

Senators Coburn and Kyl call for the State Department to stop funding Islamists

July 30, 2008

Senators Tom Coburn (OK-R) and Jon Kyl (AZ-R) sent a letter to Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, asking her to stop funding entities in the Muslim Brotherhood's U.S. network including the Islamic ... Read More link
 



Senator Tom Coburn

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