Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) recently released a report detailing the findings of an investigation his staff began in February 2019 into the relationship between World Vision and the Islamic Relief Agency (ISRA) and the funding they received from the Obama administration. The report concluded that World Vision was unaware that ISRA was sanctioned by the U.S. State Department in 2004 for transferring $5 million to Maktab al-Khidamat, the predecessor to Al-Qaeda that was controlled by Osama Bid Laden. Despite being unaware of the connection and the ensuing sanctions, the Senate investigation concluded that this was a direct result…
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