The Obama administration said Tuesday that it has the legal right to fund United Nations climate change programs, rejecting GOP accusations that recent events regarding Palestinian participation in the programs require it to cease all participation.
Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and more than two dozen other senators, sent a letter last week directing Secretary of State John Kerry to suspend all funds for climate change activities, including a contentious $100 billion U.N. green climate fund.
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