Steve Peacock's U.S. Trade & Aid Monitor tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-94161205314098957 2013-09-02T21:02:49-04:00 Original reporting on little-known U.S. government funded foreign aid projects, so-called "drug war" initiatives, and overseas business subsidies. TypePad U.S. Escalates Contractor Roles in Africa (WND) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2019aff2807f9970c 2013-09-02T21:02:49-04:00 2013-09-02T21:02:49-04:00 The Obama administration suddenly is hunting for contractors to help haul military equipment and supplies to and from Egypt and other nations within the U.S. Africa Command’s area of responsibility, WND has discovered. Steve Peacock Tom Woods and Pat Buchanan on War, Rand Paul, the Neocons and More tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2019104ab9597970c 2013-08-09T13:29:16-04:00 2013-08-09T13:29:16-04:00 Bestselling author Tom Woods, filling in for Peter Schiff, talks to Pat Buchanan about Obama/Putin/Snowden, the state of the GOP, the Rand Paul and John McCain wings, neoconservatism, and Iran. Steve Peacock House Tells Russia to Get Out of Georgia, While Quietly Building Up UAE Presence tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2017d3c30508b970c 2012-09-20T10:44:52-04:00 2012-09-20T10:44:52-04:00 The U.S. House of Representatives this week condemned the Russian Federation's occupation of disputed land in the former Soviet republic of Georgia... What the U.S. government is playing down, however, is the fact that the Obama administrationat the same time is helping to finance power infrastructure projects in Georgia that directly benefit U.S. ally United Arab Emirates. Steve Peacock U.S. Seeks New Means of Predicting Internet Growth Overseas, from Albania to Zimbabwe tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2015390378688970b 2011-07-27T17:23:19-04:00 2011-07-27T17:34:13-04:00 The U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) is looking for a contractor capable of developing a new analytical model to predict Internet usage and growth -- in thirty-two foreign nations, from "A" (Albania) to "Z" (Zimbabwe). 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 NOAA Seeks Contractors to Study Russian Fishing Fleets in Bering Sea tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e201538f18b539970b 2011-06-10T13:26:28-04:00 2011-06-10T13:28:42-04:00 The impact of Russian fishing fleets on the endangered Steller Sea Lion currently is unknown—but the U.S. government is aiming to find out. Steve Peacock