Comments on: AFRICOM: Military Spending Instead of Development Aid? Follow the money. http://crossedcrocodiles.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/africom-military-spending-instead-of-development-aid-follow-the-money/ writing about Ghana, Africa, United States, politics, policy, agriculture, and anything else that interests me Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:47:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: b real http://crossedcrocodiles.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/africom-military-spending-instead-of-development-aid-follow-the-money/#comment-57 b real Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:00:31 +0000 http://crossedcrocodiles.wordpress.com/?p=70#comment-57 the relevant section in the <a href="http://appropriations.house.gov/Subcommittees/sub_def.shtml" rel="nofollow">stmt</a> by the chair on the subcommittee, murtha, summarizing the bill on wednesday reads: <i>Includes a reduction of $308.4 million associated with U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM). The reduction is taken from the amount requested to stand up a new headquarters due to the lack of a suitable location. The reduction does not effect funding for the current headquarters, exercises, counter-terrorism, or counter-drug programs.</i> as you pointed out in your article, the budgeted amount was $389m to "establish a new command to strengthen ties with African governments, institutions, and organizations to foster an environment of security and peace." that remaining $80m won't get them far down that path the relevant section in the stmt by the chair on the subcommittee, murtha, summarizing the bill on wednesday reads:

Includes a reduction of $308.4 million associated with U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM). The reduction is taken from the amount requested to stand up a new headquarters due to the lack of a suitable location. The reduction does not effect funding for the current headquarters, exercises, counter-terrorism, or counter-drug programs.

as you pointed out in your article, the budgeted amount was $389m to “establish a new command to strengthen ties with African governments, institutions, and organizations to foster an environment of security and peace.”

that remaining $80m won’t get them far down that path

]]> By: b real http://crossedcrocodiles.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/africom-military-spending-instead-of-development-aid-follow-the-money/#comment-55 b real Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:06:48 +0000 http://crossedcrocodiles.wordpress.com/?p=70#comment-55 i guess we'll have to wait til tomorrow for the bill to be published or more reporting to come out, but one defense source (behind a subscription wall) is reporting that the new <a href="http://appropriations.senate.gov/legislation.cfm" rel="nofollow">house appropriations defense subcommittee</a>'s fiscal year 2009 defense bill released wednesday night <i>includes a reduction of $308.4 million</i> requested for AFRICOM, which was originally budgeted for the HQ standup i guess we’ll have to wait til tomorrow for the bill to be published or more reporting to come out, but one defense source (behind a subscription wall) is reporting that the new house appropriations defense subcommittee’s fiscal year 2009 defense bill released wednesday night
includes a reduction of $308.4 million requested for AFRICOM, which was originally budgeted for the HQ standup

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