2/27/2005 10:55:00 AM|||Toni|||The Daily Demarche: Putting the "D" in "ODA"

Released by the Senate Republican Policy Committee released this memo last week and Dr. DeMarche has posted some interesting commentary on the subject.

Of all the facts and figures in the report, though, this one is my favorite:

United Nations: In 2004, the U.S. contributed 22 percent of the U.N.
budget or $362 million…Germany, France, and the United Kingdom combined spent
$343 million or 21 percent.

I also like the reference to the President's Millennium Challenge Account:
But I would like to remind the President, the Congress and the directors of
the Millenium Challenge Account that each and every one of those billions of
dollars was generated by an American worker, and to date many of us are less
than pleased with the results we have seen from the spending of our hard earned
money. Let's redefine our foreign aid goals and pursue them with all the might
and focus we can generate.
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