A reporter for the liberal Huffington Post Web site noted that the International Republican Institute (IRI) during the 1990s gave grants to a Palestinian think tank, which Khalidi co-founded. McCain became chairman of the IRI’s board of directors in 1993.
The Huffington Post’s Seth Colter Walls pointed to a 1998 IRI tax return that showed the institute gave a grant of a little under $500,000 to what Walls calls “Khalidi’s Center for Palestinian Research and Studies” (CPRS).
A reporter for the liberal Huffington Post Web site noted that the International Republican Institute (IRI) during the 1990s gave grants to a Palestinian think tank, which Khalidi co-founded. McCain became chairman of the IRI’s board of directors in 1993.
The Huffington Post’s Seth Colter Walls pointed to a 1998 IRI tax return that showed the institute gave a grant of a little under $500,000 to what Walls calls “Khalidi’s Center for Palestinian Research and Studies” (CPRS).