Steve Peacock's U.S. Trade & Aid Monitortag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-941612053140989572013-09-08T17:10:36-04:00Original reporting on little-known U.S. government funded foreign aid projects, so-called "drug war" initiatives, and overseas business subsidies.TypePadObama Can't Stop Spending — In Kenya!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2019aff4469c8970b2013-09-08T17:10:36-04:002013-09-08T17:10:37-04:00The Obama administration is seeking additional U.S. taxpayer funds to provide more health services to Kenyans through a massive assistance program that has already grown so “rapidly and exponentially” the U.S. government now needs help from outside contractors to oversee it.Steve PeacockWashington Takes Action on High Gas Pricestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2014e8824079c970d2008-05-28T00:00:00-04:002013-06-18T09:59:07-04:00Rising fuel prices and truck-based shipping expenses are spelling trouble for U.S. policymakers, who now are exploring ways to strengthen, as an alternative, new highways, commercial railways and ports. Specifically, the federal government is taking action through an endeavor known as the "Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Corridor Transportation Initiative."Steve PeacockRubbers to Rwandatag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2014e882400ac970d2006-03-08T00:00:00-05:002012-08-23T09:44:04-04:00Over one-hundred million male condoms were poised to be distributed around the globe late last year by USAID, according to an actual government planning document obtained by Exhortations to the Oblivious.Steve Peacock