On February 12, DNI Blair told Congress the global economic crisis was the most serious security challenge facing the United States. A week later, the French government was sending police reinforcements to Guadeloupe after a month of strikes and protests over low pay and high prices followed by clashes between police and protesters. But the New York Times reports that the Obama Administration plans to cut the deficit by "scaling back" Obama's promise to double foreign aid. Rep. Frank wants to cut the military budget by 25%, in part on the grounds that much of the military budget has nothing to do with security. A mere 4% cut in the military budget would pay for the entire increase in foreign aid that Obama promised, and the money would then address "the most serious security challenge facing the United States" instead of being used for corporate welfare for military contractors.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/guadeloupe-strikes-a-warn_b_168960.html http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/2/22/152519/851/198/700517 http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/40095 -- Robert Naiman Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
