GOP Committee Targets International Red Cross

GOP Committee Targets International Red Cross: "Senators ask Bush to reconsider financial support for the agency after its criticism of how U.S. forces treat their detainees abroad. | By Sonni Efron, Times Staff Writer

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are calling on the Bush administration to reassess U.S. financial support for the International Committee of the Red Cross, charging that the group is using American funds to lobby against U.S. interests.

The Senate Republican Policy Committee, which advances the views of the GOP Senate majority, said in a report that the international humanitarian organization had 'lost its way' and veered from the impartiality on which its reputation was based. The Republican policy group titled its report: 'Are American Interests Being Disserved by the International Committee of the Red Cross?'"