Ileana Ros-Lehtinen actually said...

Under what authority is the PLO office currently remaining open?

I am hoping to get some clarification from the State Department on the current status of the PLO office.

But for decades, the executive branch has had waiver authority to allow the office in DC to remain open.

We sanctioned it by downgrading the status of the PLO office, then immediately waived that sanction in the interests of so-called national s...