Priorities? He said the Marines spent roughly $47 million from the program last year -- comparing that to the $12.7 million spent on higher education in Pakistan. "And that's not all," Poe said. "Since the sequester, the administration has approved $37 million in foreign aid to Pakistan."
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/19/rep-blasts-higher-ed-aid-to-pakistan-as-military-suspends-us-tuition-assistance/ . On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > It looks like the Cypriot Congress voted down the deal. > > Looks like this was beta testing see how the citizens would react before > the "tax" was sprung on other countries. It needs some more tweaking. > > Russia also offered to help bailout Cyprus for rights to it's natural gas > fields. Interesting since the Leviathan gas field is right off the coast > and it's huge ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_gas_field ) > > Excerpts: > > The *Leviathan gas field* is a large natural gas > field<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas_field> located > in the Mediterranean Sea <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea> off > the coast of Israel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel>. It was > discovered in June 2010. The gas field is located roughly 130 kilometres > (81 mi) west of Haifa <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haifa> in waters 1,500 > metres (4,900 ft) deep in the Levantine basin, a rich hydrocarbon area in > one of the worlds larger offshore gas finds of the past > decade.[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_gas_field#cite_note-1> > [2] > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_gas_field#cite_note-post-2>[3]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_gas_field#cite_note-3> > The > gas find has the potential to change Israel's foreign relations towards a > closer collaboration with > Cyprus<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus%E2%80%93Israel_relations> > and with Greece<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece%E2%80%93Israel_relations> > .[4] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_gas_field#cite_note-4> > .... > > At the time of discovery, the Leviathan gas field was the largest find ever > discovered in the under-explored area of the Mediterranean > Sea<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea> and > the largest discovery in the history of Noble > Energy<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_Energy>. > Noble Energy operates Leviathan with a 39.66% working interest; > Delek<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delek> Drilling > holds 22.67%; Avner Oil Exploration holds 22.67%; and Ratio Oil Exploration > holds the remaining > 15%.[2]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_gas_field#cite_note-post-2> > The > Leviathan gas field is located 47 kilometres (29 mi) south-west of another > large gas reserve, namely the Tamar gas > field<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamar_gas_field> which > was discovered in 2009 and also operated byNoble > Energy<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_Energy> > .[5] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_gas_field#cite_note-cubic-5> > > > > > Cyprus hopes Russia will provide some support after bailout is rejected > ( > http://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/europe/cyprus-hopes-russia-will-provide-some-support-after-bailout-is-rejected-1.1332291): > > The Cypriot finance minister spoke today to Russia about help to avert a > financial meltdown after the island's parliament rejected the terms of a > European bailout, raising the spectre of a looming default and bank crash. > > Finance minister Michael Sarris said he had reached no deal on financing > with his Russian counterpart, Anton Siluanov, but talks were continuing. > > Cypriot officials disclosed that the country's energy minister was also in > Moscow, ostensibly for a tourism exhibition. Cyprus has found big gas > reserves in its waters adjoining Israel but has yet to develop them. > > > As an interesting side note, it is rumored that the Russians have bought > heavily in Cyprus. Beach homes, businesses, etc. Russian mob money in > their banks as well. > > J > > - > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. > - Henry Kissinger > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, > go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinto > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:361989 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
