U.S. to meet full pledge to P.A. ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) October 15, 2008 - 8:00pm The United States is set to make good on its pledge to transfer $550 million to the Palestinian Authority. Henrietta Fore, the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, made the announcement Sunday at the annual dinner of the American Task Force on Palestine. The United States made the pledge last December at a donors' conference that solicited an overall $7 billion in pledges. Many of the countries, particularly Arab nations, have yet to make good on their pledges. » Read more