Steve Peacock's U.S. Trade & Aid Monitor tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-94161205314098957 2012-05-30T08:43:20-04:00 Original reporting on little-known U.S. government funded foreign aid projects, so-called "drug war" initiatives, and overseas business subsidies. TypePad U.S. Crafting New Economic Recovery Plan tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2016305fa77cb970d 2012-05-30T08:43:20-04:00 2012-05-30T08:45:02-04:00 The damage caused by the global financial crisis requires additional federal intervention, according to the Obama Administration, which is launching a new program to “foster growth and stability at a time of increasing economic turmoil.” Steve Peacock $250 Million Contract-Ceiling Set for Global Small-Arms Destruction tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2014e8855cc18970d 2011-05-09T19:41:02-04:00 2011-05-10T11:17:15-04:00 As much as a quarter-billion dollars in contracts could be awarded over the next five years to provide worldwide “conventional weapons destruction” (CWD) services on behalf of the U.S. State Department. Steve Peacock