Bush Announces $100m to Fight Terror

June 28, 2003
Posted to the web June 30, 2003

John Kakande,  Kampala

JUST days before his long-anticipated trip to sub-Saharan Africa, President George W. Bush has announced a $100m (about sh2b) aid package for Uganda and the three eastern Africa countries to fight terrorism.  ...

Bush said his administration was committing $200 million over five years to train more than 420,000 teachers in Africa. He said it would also provide scholarships for 250,000 African girls, and in partnership with Historically Black Colleges to provide 4 million textbooks.

David Remer of Political News & Analysis comments:

More than 6.5 Trillion dollar US debt and growing, another 1/3 billion now going to Africa, and this man can't find another few million for American kids in schools? Bush's paranoia over terrorism is going to hit us so hard in the wallet around the 2008 to 2012 period, just when he figures the public will have elected a Democrat after finding out about the skyrocketing interest rates and taxes, he created. Clever man, this one! Sorry, that kind of compliment should be reserved for Karl Rove, we all know puppets don't think for themselves, right?

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WASHINGTON, June 30 -U.S. Newswire -- The National Association of Realtors praised President Bush and Treasury Secretary John Snow for the plan unveiled this afternoon to strengthen the consumer credit protections available under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). NAR strongly backs the Administration's proposals to provide consumers with one free credit report per year and to give consumers information as to how their credit scores were derived, how they can improve them and how they can correct any errors in their credit files. [more]

David Remer of Political News & Analysis Editorial Note:

While I too commend this support by the administration for consumer access to credit information, it does seem as though the only time this administration can do what is right by the public at large is when corporate interests or profits will also benefit. In this case it is a win-win scenario, but, on education, compliance with the bill of rights, the environment and a host of other public issues, the Bush administration comes down on the side of corporate interests and not the public at large.

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US urged to join Liberia force. West African leaders call on the United States to take a lead role in a multinational peacekeeping force for Liberia.

[BBC News | Front Page | UK Edition]

Got any oil? someone in America responded.

D. Remer June 30, 2003  --  Political News & Analysis  --

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