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10-08-2014, 10:49 AM | #1 |
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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? Last edited by Vetter; 10-08-2014 at 02:29 PM. |
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I don't see it doing ANY good.
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10-08-2014, 02:28 PM | #4 |
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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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