Another executive branch agency to be annexed to the Republican Party
this time it's USAID...
um... why don't i believe that...? why do i think that "better linked to the administration's democracy and development agenda" is code for "loyal to the bush camp...?" why do i think that a litmus-tested, bush-loyal, ideologically-pure crony will be the nominee to replace natsios...? why does my stomach churn every time i read an article like this...? color me paranoid... Submit To Propeller
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President George W. Bush's administration is drawing up plans to carry out the biggest overhaul of the US foreign aid apparatus in more than 40 years in an attempt to assert more political control over international assistance, according to officials and aid experts.
The proposed reorganisation could lead to a takeover by the State Department of the independent US Agency for International Development.
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A State Department official, who asked not to be named, said the goal of the reforms was to make US aid better linked to the administration's democracy and development agenda.
um... why don't i believe that...? why do i think that "better linked to the administration's democracy and development agenda" is code for "loyal to the bush camp...?" why do i think that a litmus-tested, bush-loyal, ideologically-pure crony will be the nominee to replace natsios...? why does my stomach churn every time i read an article like this...? color me paranoid... Submit To Propeller
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posted by profmarcus at
12/12/2005
