by ATFL | Apr 7, 2022 | Statement, Statements & Announcements
Senior advisers and board members of the American Task Force on Lebanon (ATFL) recently returned from a trip to Lebanon where they met with key government leaders to stress the need for an agreement with the IMF. ATFL is pleased to learn that a Staff Agreement has...
by ATFL | Mar 18, 2022 | Statement, Statements & Announcements
The American Task Force on Lebanon (ATFL) commends the Biden Administration and Congress for increasing US assistance to Lebanon.On Tuesday, March 15, President Joe Biden signed the Fiscal Year 2022 Omnibus Appropriations bill into law, which covers the US government...
by ATFL | Dec 10, 2021 | Statement, Statements & Announcements
The American Task Force on Lebanon (ATFL) commends Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib for introducing H.R.6095 – To designate Lebanon under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit Lebanese nationals in the US to be eligible for temporary protected...
by ATFL | Nov 23, 2021 | Statement, Statements & Announcements
United States Congressmen Darin LaHood, Darrell Issa, and Dan Kildee, spent three days in Lebanon accompanied by Ed Gabriel, the President of the American Task Force on Lebanon (ATFL), which sponsored the trip. Joined by Dorothy Shea, the United States Ambassador to...
by ATFL | Oct 15, 2021 | Statement, Statements & Announcements
The American Task Force on Lebanon (ATFL) urges the Biden Administration to reconsider the decision by the Department of Homeland Security to refuse Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation to Lebanese visitors in the US. TPS, based on a Congressional statute,...
by ATFL | Aug 23, 2021 | Statement, Statements & Announcements
The American Task Force on Lebanon (ATFL) expresses its concern that there be a transparent assignment and distribution of Lebanon’s SDR asset worth as much as $1.2 billion. This is key to both preventing further price distortion of essential goods and to ensuring...
