(AP/San Francisco Chronicle) Barry Schweid - Secretary of State Rice informed Congress on Wednesday that no U.S. assistance will be provided to a Hamas-led Palestinian government. Rice told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee the Bush administration would not turn its back on such humanitarian programs as immunizing children against disease. "But no money will go to that government," Rice said. Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) told Rice, "I don't want a penny of taxpayer money going to Hamas." "Neither do I," she replied.
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