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2010-11-18 Home Front: Politix

Obama Wants To Combine Budgets Of Pentagon, State and USAID

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Posted by Anonymoose 2010-11-18 15:21|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 It is part of an ongoing White House-led effort to ~~link development and national security~~ raid the defense budget for other uses.

Posted by DoDo 2010-11-18 16:24|| 2010-11-18 16:24|| Front Page Top

#2 AFRICOM was/is the prototype. A UN-Lite structure is the goal.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-11-18 17:53|| 2010-11-18 17:53|| Front Page Top

#3 DoDo, or a plan to include additional spending under the umbrella of Defense but that actually goes to abortion in Africa or something else that probably wouldn't get funding.

Posted by rjschwarz 2010-11-18 19:07|| 2010-11-18 19:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Since we don't have a budget what's the diff? After all, SFNan thinks that budgets are optional and old-fashioned, no?

Posted by Alan Cramer 2010-11-18 19:45|| 2010-11-18 19:45|| Front Page Top

#5 This will go exactly nowhere when it hits the House - think that the Chairman of the House Defense Committee is going to surrender that seat to Obumbles? What about the Senate Chairman? What about the various Secretaries in the Executive Branch? This is will die a slow death by "necessary review and consultation".

Posted by Shieldwolf 2010-11-18 20:23|| 2010-11-18 20:23|| Front Page Top

#6 The old hustle, where did the money go?
I remember a Magician on Johnny Carson explaining the old Three shells and a pea hustle.
Pure scam.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2010-11-18 20:45|| 2010-11-18 20:45|| Front Page Top

#7 "see? The budget didn't change, but I we now have 105,000 more State Department Special Raconteurs for human rights or some shit that will ~~make us less safe~~ make me look good at the UN"

Posted by Frank G 2010-11-18 20:51|| 2010-11-18 20:51|| Front Page Top

#8 Basically an update of the old State Department attitude of looking at the Armed Forces as their dog-walkers.

There's a Madeline Albright remark that sums it up, but I can't seem to find it.

Posted by Pappy 2010-11-18 21:00|| 2010-11-18 21:00|| Front Page Top

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