VIDEO: Rachel Maddow's Palau report... amended

By GottaLaff

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Rachel may have been mistaken about this one:

U.S. and Palau officials said Wednesday that the island nation was not taking the Uighurs in return for additional U.S. aid.

But Palau already was set to receive a big boost in aid from Washington. The government of Palau is renegotiating a compact with the United States, first signed in 1994, that could add as much as $200 million in coming years, U.S. officials have said.

"This long-standing agreement . . . is not linked to any other discussions we may be having with the government of Palau," said Ian Kelly, a State Department spokesman.

Or am I missing something here?