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Old 10-08-2014, 10:49 AM   #1
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Angry State Department's cash cow...

Top 10 U.S. Department of State Grant-Making Bureaus and Posts by Total Federal Financial Assistance Obligated


The U.S. State Department has been handing over billions of dollars in grants for foreign projects -- ranging from cultural exchanges to climate change activities -- without adequate oversight or adequate assessment of the risks involved, and sometimes without knowing whether the money was actually spent, according to the department's Inspector General.

Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA).....$397,283,825
Bureau of Administration, Office of Acquisitions Management....$393,229,481
Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM).....$352,658,294
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (PM/WRA).....$129,243,899
Bureau of Near East Affairs, U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (NEA/MEPI).....$90,472,412
Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL).....$69,890,738
Kabul, Afghanistan.....$56,381,107
Islamabad, Pakistan.....$27,999,681
Bureau of Near East Affairs, Iraq (NEA/Iraq).....$16,840,547
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.....$15,850,928

Total.....$1,549,850,912

We're the "State Department's cash cow" and I'm not seeing much that does us any good?

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I don't see it doing ANY good.
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Makes our loving, compassionate, understanding politician's feel good.
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I see where a lot of cuts could be made...

For instance,
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (PM/WRA).....$129,243,899

We'll take em'!
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i see where a lot of cuts could be made...

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bureau of political-military affairs, office of weapons removal and abatement (pm/wra).....$129,243,899

we'll take em'!
heck yeah!!!!!!
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