And They Wonder Why The Tea Party Demands Accountability

By Amy Lester, Oklahoma Impact Team

OKLAHOMA CITY -- A program that preserves culture in other countries is getting more funding. The State Department approved $5.4 million in 2011 spending for the US Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation.

"This is just typical Washington. Washington spending is tone deaf to the American people," said Congressman James Lankford, (R) Oklahoma.

Lankford had hoped the State Department would cut the program, itself. This year's awards include $450,000 for conservation of a temple in Cambodia, $700,000 for conservation of the ruins of a 9th century city in Tanzania and $100,000 to document endangered musical traditions in Mali.

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