Steve Peacock's U.S. Trade & Aid Monitor tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-94161205314098957 2013-07-04T08:58:37-04:00 Original reporting on little-known U.S. government funded foreign aid projects, so-called "drug war" initiatives, and overseas business subsidies. TypePad Obama Wants Egyptian Students to Get More from College tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e20192abde1850970d 2013-07-04T08:58:37-04:00 2013-07-04T08:58:37-04:00 President Obama wants to ensure all American adults obtain at least a year of college or career training while regaining America’s role as “world leader in college completion,” the U.S. Department of Education recently touted. The Obama administration then launched a new program to bring about such developments – in Egypt. Steve Peacock USAID Dumping $50 Million into Central Asia Trade & Reform Project tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2014e89c22f07970d 2011-07-11T15:30:39-04:00 2011-07-11T15:30:39-04:00 $50 million in contracts recently were awarded to four vendors under an initiative that seeks to promote economic growth in Central Asia, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) revealed today. Steve Peacock SNAPSHOT: Hundreds of Millions of Gallons of Jet Fuel Used in Support of U.S. Ops in Afghanistan tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e201543239c3d9970c 2011-05-10T18:47:25-04:00 2011-05-10T18:47:26-04:00 The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), for example, currently is soliciting bids to provide close to a half-billion gallons of jet fuel over two years, beginning December 2011, to the Manas Transit Center in Kyrgyzstan. Steve Peacock