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Obama to Pledge New Mideast Aid
The Wall Street Journal ^ | May 18, 2011 | CAROL E. LEE And JAY SOLOMON

Posted on 05/18/2011 1:19:24 PM PDT by AU72

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama will announce this week a new aid plan for the Middle East and North Africa that U.S. officials say will be far bolder than previous American economic assistance to the region.

Mr. Obama will outline the plan, which could include debt cancellation and a reprogramming of financial aid the U.S. already provides to countries like Egypt, in a speech he is scheduled to deliver Thursday at the State Department.

(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: aid; checkbookdiplomacy; foreignaid; mideast
Midnight in America and the nightmare continues.
1 posted on 05/18/2011 1:19:26 PM PDT by AU72
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To: AU72

what part of WE ARE BROKE does he not understand....azzhat....


2 posted on 05/18/2011 1:21:00 PM PDT by tatsinfla
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To: AU72

Spend-it-like-you-got-it is bad enough when it’s for people who don’t hate us. This is insane.


3 posted on 05/18/2011 1:23:04 PM PDT by hometoroost (Love the Onion story on a closed-ceremony "transparency" award. Oh wait, that actually happened.)
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To: AU72

The Founding Fathers would not have paid the taxes needed for this purpose.

“Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.”


4 posted on 05/18/2011 1:39:29 PM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (America is in dire distress and nobody is lifting a finger except to strike the keyboard.)
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To: AU72

Problem identified....so what can we do about it?


5 posted on 05/18/2011 1:40:53 PM PDT by sanjuanbob (Festina Lente)
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To: AU72

The man is stark-raving-mad.

Obama believes in spending our money like he stole it.... because he has.

IMPEACH THIS BASTARD NOW!


6 posted on 05/18/2011 1:49:52 PM PDT by Gator113 ("GAME ON." I'll be voting for Sarah Palin, Liberty, our Constitution and American Exceptionalism.)
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To: AU72

Does the House and Senate have to approve this? If so then this package WON’T happen.


7 posted on 05/18/2011 1:52:37 PM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: AU72

The kenyan wants to give more of our money that we don’t have to his muzzie bros.


8 posted on 05/18/2011 2:03:31 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Psalm 109:8 Let his days be few and let another take his office. - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: AU72
debt cancellation

Will obamma cancel my debt too?

9 posted on 05/18/2011 2:15:45 PM PDT by rawhide
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To: AU72

He is giving tax money away to enemy’s that should go to the Mississippi River flood victims!


10 posted on 05/18/2011 2:49:20 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Red_Devil 232

The current southern flood and tornado victims should beware. In Iowa FEMA has been taking back previously paid money from tornado and flood victims of a few years ago. They want back $1M from one school district. With Obama you can’t count your chickens even after they’ve hatched. Unless you’re part of his gang, in which case he’ll throw in some extra goats.


11 posted on 05/18/2011 3:32:13 PM PDT by JohnBovenmyer (Obama been Liberal. Hope Change!)
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To: JohnBovenmyer

Yes, I saw an older white Lady on the news a day or so ago she said FEMA wanted $5000 back from her. $5000 she did not have, she spent the money to fix the walls in her house after a flood. She is on a fixed income and 5K was a big deal to her, would be to me also.


12 posted on 05/18/2011 4:04:49 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: JohnBovenmyer
FEMA is after $20,000 from a guy who had fought seven months to get money after losing everything in a flood. Now FEMA says a clerk made an error and the funds should not have been approved. They gave him 30 days to return it.

The article says over 5,500 have been told to return disaster aid give erroneously.

13 posted on 05/18/2011 9:49:22 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Obama will be president until 2017.)
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To: AU72

Tell the SOB to take the billion from his campaign money to give to his muslim friends of terror.

All’s this is; is Obama forgiving Hamas’ debt (like they were ever going to pay it back after they blow us all to kingdom come) and pledging them more money.


14 posted on 05/19/2011 6:48:17 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Allen West 2012 Make it happen!)
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To: newzjunkey

REVOLT REVOLT REVOLT!


15 posted on 05/19/2011 6:49:48 AM PDT by SpringtoLiberty (Liberty is on the march!)
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To: sanjuanbob

so what can we do about it?
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Deny them OUR money to send.


16 posted on 05/19/2011 7:10:31 AM PDT by mojitojoe ( 1400 years of existence & Islam has 2 main accomplishments, psychotic violence and goat curry)
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To: Gator113
The man is stark-raving-mad. ____________________ Seriously? You think so? PhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucketPhotobucket
17 posted on 05/19/2011 7:16:45 AM PDT by mojitojoe ( 1400 years of existence & Islam has 2 main accomplishments, psychotic violence and goat curry)
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To: AU72

I thought according to the AnointedIdiot, “We are out of money”? /s =.=


18 posted on 05/19/2011 7:24:47 AM PDT by cranked
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To: AU72

Why are we not in the streets over this? Isn’t the “obama doctrine” = if people protest, the leader must go.

HELL NO to sending 1 thin dime to the middle east or... ANYWHERE. Damn this government.


19 posted on 05/19/2011 7:34:10 AM PDT by rokkitapps
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To: mojitojoe

The many faces of evil.


20 posted on 05/19/2011 7:39:43 AM PDT by Gator113 ("GAME ON." I'll be voting for Sarah Palin, Liberty, our Constitution and American Exceptionalism.)
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