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Hellholes

This page shows trips to locations that are usually not considered desirable. Often they are to places marred by violence or other harsh conditions. Sometimes, this designation is time-sensitive, such as after natural disasters.

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	No.	Cost
Trips Selected	235	$963,940
Approved by Republicans	120	$398,377
Approved by Democrats	114	$562,478

View Details / PDF	Traveler/ Dates	Sponsor	Approver	Destination/ Purpose	Cost
	Abedin, Huma 02/23/05-02/27/05	India Today	Clinton, Sen. Hillary Rodham (-NY)	Pakistan - New Delhi, India Speech	$6,093.00
	Adams, Gregory E 02/18/06-02/27/06	Refugees International	Watson, Rep. Diane (-CA)	Saidpur, Bangladesh - Dhaka, Bangladesh Investigate plight of stateless people living in refugee camps in Bangladesh	$2,123.46
	Adams, Gregory E 08/25/06-09/02/06	Global Witness	Watson, Rep. Diane (-CA)	Monrovia, Liberia Fact-finding: meetings with U.S. and Liberian government, U.N. and local non-governmental organizati... more	$3,383.60
	Aderholt, Rep. Robert (-AL) 12/10/06-12/14/06	International Foundation	Aderholt, Rep. Robert (-AL)	Khartoum, Sudan Meet with Sudanese officials to discuss the ongoing crisis in Darfur	$6,773.50
	Akin, Rep. Todd (-MO) 01/03/04-01/14/04	Inayat Begum Foundation - Jubilee Campaign USA	Akin, Rep. Todd (-MO)	New Delhi, India - Mumbai, India - ... more To meet and build relationships with local officials and non-governmental organizations, particularl... more	$7,381.92
	Alameh, Lara 09/29/06-10/06/06	Arab American Chamber of Commerce	Hyde, Rep. Henry (-IL)	Beirut, Lebanon Evaluate reconstruction needs; fact-finding	$3,000.00
	Altenburg, Deborah 01/06/02-01/15/02	Global Health Council	Boehlert, Rep. Sherwood (-NY)	Abidjan, Ivory Coast - Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso A study tour of HIV/AIDS and global health issues	$3,172.32
	Anderson, John A 11/13/00-11/18/00	Defense Forum Foundation - Institute for Democratic Strategies	Crapo, Sen. Mike (-ID)	Madrid, Spain - Algeria - ... more Information gathering staff trip	$1,202.66
	Andrus, Mary 01/06/02-01/15/02	Global Health Council	Leach, Rep. Jim (-IA)	Abidjan, Ivory Coast - Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Educational study tour looking at HIV-AIDS issues and programs in West Africa	$3,172.32
	Archer, Daniel M 05/22/04-05/30/04	American Task Force for Lebanon	Hagel, Sen. Chuck (-NE)	Beirut, Lebanon - Syria Fact-finding trip; meeting with government officials	$2,812.36
	Armentrout, Debra 08/11/03-08/15/03	Global Health Council	Wexler, Rep. Robert (-FL)	Haiti Study tour of programs for global health issues	$1,411.00
	Armentrout, Debra 03/23/04-04/22/04	Quixote Center	Wexler, Rep. Robert (-FL)	Haiti Fact-finding trip regarding recent political unrest in Haiti	$1,568.00
	Armentrout, Debra 05/22/04-05/28/04	Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute	Wexler, Rep. Robert (-FL)	Kampala, Uganda Staff delegation to visit AIDS orphans and those affected by Lord's Resistance Army	$4,409.00
	Astin, Amy 08/22/04-08/29/04	Defense Forum Foundation	Rehberg, Rep. Dennis (-MT)	Algiers, Algeria - Tindouf, Algeria Visit Saharawi refugee camps	$1,849.81
	Babson, Torrey A 08/22/04-08/29/04	Defense Forum Foundation - Institute for Democratic Strategies	Weller, Rep. Jerry (-IL)	Tindouf, Algeria Fact-finding trip regarding the Sahawri people of western Sahara	$1,749.81
	Baird, Rep. Brian (-WA) 05/22/09-05/29/09	New America Foundation	Baird, Rep. Brian (-WA)	Tel Aviv, Israel - Ramallah, Israel - ... more To participate in a congressional delegation to Israel and the Palestine territories, which included... more	$8,122.69
	Barr, Rep. Bob (-GA) 04/11/01-04/11/01	Islamic Institute	Barr, Rep. Bob (-GA)	Lebanon Congressional fact-finding	$280.00
	Barron, W. Daniel 11/29/04-12/05/04	Defense Forum Foundation	Inhofe, Sen. James (-OK)	Tindouf, Algeria Fact-finding	$1,173.00
	Bauman, Bradley M 08/03/09-08/10/09	Defense Forum Foundation	Ryan, Rep. Tim (-OH)	Algiers, Algeria - Tindouf, Algeria Participated in a fact-finding mission to Algerian refugee camps	$1,583.13
	Berkowitz, Paul Hershel 11/19/02-11/30/02	Kuwait-America Foundation	Hyde, Rep. Henry (-IL)	Kuwait - United Arab Emirates - ... more Educational	$11,416.07
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