A Comprehensive Approach to Improving U.S. Security Force Assistance Efforts
All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
As part of efforts to ensure that its operations pattern matches global standards, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is in partnership with American Customs Administration to share experiences in areas that could assist the NCS.
The Humane-Rights-Agenda Blog (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
http://bit.ly/521I8N Human Rights Defenders US Government Provides Assistance to Colombian Military Units that Violate Human Rights In a joint letter, Human Rights First and the Fellowship of Reconciliation urged the State department to suspend US assistance to two Colombian military intelligence units responsible for specious intelligence gathering, arbitrary detention and trumped-up...
Democracy Resource Center Blog (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
URL: http://opencrs.com/document/RS22967/ . Source: Congressional Research Service. In March 2009, the Obama Administration pledged $900 million in U.S. assistance to the Palestinians to address both post-conflict humanitarian needs in the Gaza Strip and reform, security, and development priorities in the West Bank. Most of the pledged amount remains subject to congressional appropriation....
Indus Asia Online Journal (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
From: Fauzia Deeba Sent: Tue, November 10, 2009 3:53:54 AM Subject: Invitation!! US-Pakistan Relations Seminar - Friday, Nov 13th US-Pakistan Relations in the Back-drop of Kerry-Lugar Bill International Seminar Organized by: The World Sindhi Institute (WSI) Middle East Institute, Washington, DC 1761 N Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-2882 Friday, November 13th, 2009 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM “Enhanced...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Emergency food aid to Somalia has been interrupted, partly because of a recent U.S. decision to delay food contributions to the country out of concern that it would end up in the hands of terrorists, U.N. officials said on Friday, the New York Times reports.
India eNews (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Pakistan should strengthen its relations with China and not accept aid from the US as it may 'take us to the verge of disaster', a minister said here.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
A senior US diplomat says Washington will not lift its sanctions on Myanmar unless its ruling generals make concrete progress toward democratic reform.
New English Review/The Iconoclast (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
World Tribune had a report on Saudi 'panic' about the Shia insurgency in north Yemen backed by the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Saudis have asked The Kingdom of Jordan for special ops units to prevent crossings into Saudi Arabia. Notice they didn't ask for US assistance as that would roil Al Qaeda supporters in the Kingdom, who bristle at infidel boots on the holy ground of Islam. Note also...
The Agonist (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Dead man walking, with assistance "I think now, frankly, he is dead for the reason he is a ... kidney patient," Gen. Pervez Musharraf said on Friday in an interview with CNN. Musharraf said Pakistan knew bin Laden took two dialysis machines into Afghanistan. "One was specifically for his own personal use," he said. "I don't know if he has been getting all that treatment...
PA Pundits (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
... powers before them, they lost out to the tribes that function throughout the nation. Covert U.S. assistance expedited their losses, but that help was predicated on the long Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. One day in 1989 they just packed up and went home to Russia. Shortly thereafter the Berlin Wall fell followed by the entire Soviet government in 1991. If you...
Warning Signs (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... powers before them, they lost out to the tribes that function throughout the nation. Covert U.S. assistance expedited their losses, but that help was predicated on the long Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. One day in 1989 they just packed up and went home to Russia. Shortly thereafter the Berlin Wall fell followed by the entire Soviet government in 1991. If you...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... to adjust the percentage of federal payments to Louisiana for Medicaid to avert a scheduled cut in U.S. assistance in 2011 for the program, which provides medical care for the poor. Louisiana had a bump in per capita income from the post-Katrina construction boom, which would force the decline in federal aid." Reid's office wouldn't comment (Rowley and Jensen, 11/20). In the meantime,...
National Review Online (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
I n his congratulatory phone call to Hamid Karzai, President Obama emphasized the importance of fighting corruption and noted that “the proof is not going to be in words; it’s going to be in deeds.” He would do well to heed his own advice. Since the beginning of our involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. and coalition forces have never seen policing as a priority element...
greta's links (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
... Peace • Iran, the United States, and the Gulf: The Elusive Regional Policy • U.S. Afghan Strategy: The Big Questions CDW • Federal Cybersecurity Report: Danger on the Front Lines Center for a New American Security • Hard Lessons: Navigating Negotiations with the DPRK Center for American Progress • Getting Back on Track to Close Guantanamo: How to Get to Zero •...
CNNMoney.com (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
The number of Americans that have trouble putting food on the table shot up last year in an unprecedented spike to a record 17 million households, the government reported on Monday.
