http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/foreignaid/ en-us Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:45:28 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2404753/posts Last night I was invited to attend a Christmas get together sponsored by the Illinois Policy Institute. This year's theme was feeding the hungry in Africa and bringing economic freedom to developing nations. We heard some interesting presentations from Paul Wormley of the One Acre Fund as well as Tim Probasco of Opportunity International, both involved with helping subsistence farmers in Africa and India to become self-sufficient and to work toward creating financial success by selling their products at market. Both organizations take different approaches toward the same market oriented goals and both are efforts worthy of support. Best of... Publius Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2404753/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:45:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381743/posts SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt — China's premier on Sunday pledged $10 billion in new low interest loans to African nations over three years, offering the beleaguered continent sorely needed cash while dismissing criticism that Beijing's motives in Africa are far from altruistic. Wen Jiabao's promise at the start of a two-day China-Africa summit was warmly received by African leaders and officials, most of whose nations confront a miasma of despair further accentuated by a global financial crisis that is only now showing signs of abating. "The Chinese people cherish sincere friendship toward the African people, and China's support to Africa's development... The Associated Press (hosted on Google) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381743/posts#comment Sun, 8 Nov 2009 22:47:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2371926/posts This latest instance sees the financing of up to 150 million dollars for Islamic “selected projects and funds.” Not anything specific, just throw a big wad of taxdollars in the direction of the Islamic World to show what a big-hearted guy he is. It’ almost like how he spends mega-dollars on his personal with business connections trips all around he globe on lavish luxury trips, complete with shopping side trips for his family. Of course the White House is quoted as saying that “The Global Technology and Innovation Fund will ‘catalyze and facilitate private sector investments’ throughout Asia, the Middle... canada freepress http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2371926/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:20:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371053/posts The White House Friday highlighted a new multi-million-dollar technology fund for Muslim nations, following a pledge made by President Barack Obama in his landmark speech to the Islamic world. The White House said the US Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) had issued a call for proposals for the fund, which will provide financing of between 25 and 150 million dollars for selected projects and funds. The Global Technology and Innovation Fund will "catalyze and facilitate private sector investments" throughout Asia, the Middle East and Africa, the White House said in a statement. Eligible projects would advance economic opportunity and create... Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371053/posts#comment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:38:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367669/posts All it took was a simple statement to resolve a huge controversy over a well-meaning $7.5 billion U.S. aid package to Pakistan and avert what could have become a major issue in U.S.-Pakistan relations at a time when neither country can afford it. The controversy grew from claims in some Pakistani quarters that the aid package, known as the Kerry-Lugar-Berman bill, was designed to micromanage Pakistan's internal affairs and impinge on its sovereignty. The powerful Pakistani military establishment expressed strong reservations despite assurances by the government of President Asif Ali Zardari that it was a "pro-democracy aid package." The opposition... Space War http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367669/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:41:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363284/posts WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into law a $7.5 billion aid package for Pakistan that the U.S.-ally's military criticized as American meddling in its internal affairs. The measure provides $1.5 billion annually over five years for economic and social programs and comes as Pakistan faces a string of violent militant attacks and bombings as its military orchestrates an offensive into the Taliban heartland. Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363284/posts#comment Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:15:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362942/posts As world leaders struggle to hash out a new global climate deal by December, they face a hurdle perhaps more formidable than getting big polluters like the United States and China to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: how to pay for the new accord. The price tag for a new climate agreement will be a staggering $100 billion a year by 2020, many economists estimate; some put the cost at closer to $1 trillion. That money is needed to help fast-developing countries like India and Brazil convert to costly but cleaner technologies as they industrialize, as well as to assist the... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362942/posts#comment Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:09:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362630/posts The Obama administration has cut funding for pro-democracy and human rights programs in Iran, reversing years of efforts during the Bush administration to help develop a civil society, congressional sources told Newsmax this week. The move is apparently intended to please Iran’s rulers after they criticized President Obama and the State Department for allegedly seeking to fund a “velvet revolution” during the June presidential elections in Iran. “It sounds like the Iranians complained in Geneva and we acceded to their demands,” a former senior government official familiar with the pro-democracy programs told Newsmax. “It’s shameful,” he added. “This sends a... News Max http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362630/posts#comment Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:20:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2357524/posts For those of you who are not familiar with the term, Chutzpa it means unmitigated gall. It has best been described as a man who kills his father and mother and then throws himself on the mercy of the court on the grounds that he’s an orphan. Saudi Arabia has Chutzpah. The oil-rich country and de facto leader of OPEC has been milking the rest of the world for decades by helping to keep oil prices artificially high. Now it it is saying that it might need a bailout. It is telling the world that if climate change protocols are... Houston Chronical/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2357524/posts#comment Thu, 8 Oct 2009 14:07:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354891/posts ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – The United States has long suspected that much of the billions of dollars it has sent Pakistan to battle militants has been diverted to the domestic economy and other causes, such as fighting India. Now the scope and longevity of the misuse is becoming clear: Between 2002 and 2008, while al-Qaida regrouped, only $500 million of the $6.6 billion in American aid actually made it to the Pakistani military... AP (via Yahoo) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354891/posts#comment Mon, 5 Oct 2009 00:43:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354554/posts Many of my Ron Paul "Paul Bearer" friends have a right to be disgusted with the Republican Party, ie. especially the Lindsay Graham and John McCain left wing of the party, and they, of course, want to not only End The Fed, according to Paul's book, but would also like to see the U.S. end its "unconstitutional" nose-poking into other country's affairs. Get out of Afghanistan and Iraq before they are secure, stop funding Afghanistan, cut off Israel and some Arab states from foreign aid, then all will be well under God's heaven, and we would only take care of... JoeClarke.Net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354554/posts#comment Sun, 4 Oct 2009 13:21:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349851/posts GOP lawmakers are calling on the Obama administration to cancel $400,000 in economic aid to foundations run by Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi following his rambling diatribe at the United Nations this week and the hero's welcome he gave to the Lockerbie bomber last month. The State Department notified lawmakers earlier this month of its intent to disburse $2.5 million in economic aid to Libya, including $400,000 for Qaddafi's foundations. Of the $400,000 half will go to a foundation run by the leader's son, Saif, and the other half to one run by his daughter, Aisha. Florida Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtien, the... FOXNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349851/posts#comment Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:27:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348399/posts After getting complaints from Congress─and an inquiry from NEWSWEEK─the State Department backed away Thursday from awarding foreign-aid funds to two foundations headed by the children of Libyan dictator Muammar Kaddafi. The Gaggle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348399/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:00:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2320110/posts The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), other federal agencies and the Mexican government recently agreed to develop a coordinated and intelligence-driven response to cross-border weapon/drug smuggling and trafficking. DHS, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. Department of Justice and Mexico’s attorney general will work jointly to combat violence and criminal activity along the U.S.-Mexico border. The parties plan to develop cooperative protocols to govern weapons and ammunition trafficking investigations in the United States and Mexico, and improve information sharing between the two countries to better identify smuggling and trafficking trends,... Progressive Railroading http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2320110/posts#comment Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:35:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2313823/posts A prediction of events if America stays on the path it now treads You Tube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2313823/posts#comment Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:46:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2310907/posts — President Barack Obama meets this weekend with leaders of Mexico and Canada at a time when drug-related violence, swine flu and the economic crisis are slipping across North America's borders like never before. Obama, along with Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, are expected to work on trade and immigration, drug trafficking and security, and clean energy during their first summit Sunday and Monday in ....Guadalajara. "The bottom line is that what affects our bordering neighbors has the potential to affect us all, so we want to be certain that we have the tightest and... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2310907/posts#comment Fri, 7 Aug 2009 22:05:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306567/posts (AP) — WASHINGTON - On a seven-nation tour of Africa this week, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will pledge more U.S. assistance, including military aid, to Somalia's shaky government as it fights for survival against Islamist extremists. U.S. officials say the Obama administration plans to go ahead with additional weapons supplies to double an initial provision of 40 tons of arms. The U.S. also has begun a low-profile mission to help train Somali security forces in neighboring Djibouti, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivities surrounding U.S. involvement in the program. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306567/posts#comment Sun, 2 Aug 2009 18:02:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2305259/posts On the afternoon of July 24, Hillary Clinton arrived back in Washington on a flight from Asia, got off the plane, and headed straight to the State Department, where reporters were assembled to join her in a teleconference with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, who was in Ramallah. It was late Friday evening Ramallah time. The teleconference was called to commemorate the transfer of $200 million to the Palestinian Authority — the largest single transfer in the P.A.’s history, a part of the $900 million pledge the Obama administration has made for 2009 (more than 62 percent higher than the... Commentary Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2305259/posts#comment Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:53:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2291810/posts Brian Griffiths, Lord of Fforestfach and vice-chairman of Goldman Sachs International, says Pope Benedict's Caritas in Veritate offers the single best analysis of the current global economic crisis. The language may be dense, but the message is sufficiently rewarding. The encyclical analyses modern capitalism from an ethical and spiritual perspective as well as a technical one. As a result it makes the Government’s White Paper on financial reforms published two days later look embarrassingly one-dimensional and colourless.It is highly critical of today’s global economy but always positive. Its major concern is how to promote human development in the context of... ic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2291810/posts#comment Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:55:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290850/posts "We fought alongside the West for freedom and to preserve its values and culture, but Westerners responded by destroying ours. Can we begin to make up for this with a bit of reparation for the millions of slaves that represented our youth and who labored to create the wealth of the 'free world'?" Ghana - Ghana Web - Original Article (English) Hello brother and sister Obama. Welcome to Ghana. We're especially proud that you chose the land of the philosopher and innovator extraordinaire, Dr. Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah. I hope you know that due to his efforts, even U.S. Blacks have... Ghanaweb http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290850/posts#comment Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:47:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290814/posts ACCRA (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama told Africans on Saturday that Western aid must be matched by good governance and urged them to take greater responsibility for stamping out war, corruption and disease plaguing the continent. Obama delivered the message on his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa since taking office in January as the first black U.S. president. He chose stable, democratic Ghana because he believes it can serve as a model for the rest of Africa. Fresh from a G8 summit where leaders agreed to spend $20 billion to improve food security in poor countries, Obama spoke of... Kenya Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2290814/posts#comment Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:54:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283061/posts PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Three international organizations canceled $1.2 billion of Haiti's debt Tuesday, freeing up millions of dollars each year for the deeply impoverished Caribbean nation that is beset by humanitarian crises. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund said their boards decided this week to forgive Haiti's obligations to the two organizations, a move that triggered previously announced debt relief from the Inter-American Development Bank. The actions erased nearly two-thirds of Haiti's outstanding debt. As of April, Haiti owned more than $1.9 billion, according to the Washington-based Center for Economic and Policy Research. "This is a pretty... Google/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283061/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 06:20:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2274336/posts For G-d will not forsake His people for His great name's sake; because it has pleased G-d to make you a people unto Himself. (From this week's reading of the Prophets, Samuel I Chapt. 12:22). In last week's Torah portion, we agonized through the tragically relevant story of the spies and their rejection of the Land of Israel. In this week's Torah portion, Korach, we endure another tragic story; the rejection of the leadership that is ordained to bring the Children of Israel to the Promised Land. The sins of both the spies and Korach revolved around their desire for... Mahigut Yehudit--The Jewish Leadership Movement http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2274336/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:25:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270866/posts US President Barack Obama announced 73 million dollars in aid for impoverished Zimbabwe following talks with Morgan Tsvangirai, the former opposition leader turned reform-seeking prime minister. Obama, citing concern "about consolidating democracy, human rights and rule of law," cautioned the aid will go to the Zimbabwean people rather than a government where Tsvangirai shares power uneasily with President Robert Mugabe. The US president hailed Tsvangirai and criticized Mugabe who he said "has not acted oftentimes in the best interest of the Zimbabwean people and has been resistant to the kinds of democratic changes that need to take place." Standing next... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270866/posts#comment Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:16:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254626/posts The Obama administration Tuesday pledged $110 million in humanitarian aid for Pakistani refugees fleeing heavy fighting in the country's Swat Valley and asked Americans to donate $5 each via text-messaging for tents, clothing, food and medicine...The administration, which announced an initial $5 million this past week to help more than 1 million people who have fled the fighting between the military and Taliban forces in Swat, said that most of the $110 million will come from the State Department budget, with $10 million from the Pentagon..... The largest part of the new money, $26 million, will go "for the immediate... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254626/posts#comment Wed, 20 May 2009 13:29:51 GMT