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Obama offers millions in Muslim technology fund
Oct 23 05:06 PM US/Eastern
www.breitbart.com
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The White House Friday highlighted a new multi-million-dollar technology fund for Muslim nations, following a pledge made by President Barack Obama in his landmark speech to the Islamic world.
The White House said the US Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) had issued a call for proposals for the fund, which will provide financing of between 25 and 150 million dollars for selected projects and funds.
The Global Technology and Innovation Fund will "catalyze and facilitate private sector investments" throughout Asia, the Middle East and Africa, the White House said in a statement.
Eligible projects would advance economic opportunity and create jobs in areas like technology, education, telecoms, media, business services and clean technology, the White House said.
OPIC said sample projects could help foster the development of new computer technology or telecommunications businesses, or widen access to broadband Internet services.
Proposals must be submitted by the end of November, and managers of funds that make a final short list will make presentations in Washington in January.
Final selections will be announced next June.
In his speech to the Muslim world in Cairo last June, Obama argued that "education and innovation will be the currency of the 21st century" and that under-investment was rife in many Muslim nations.
As well as the fund, Obama also said he will host a summit on entrepreneurship this year to deepen ties between business leaders in the United States and Muslim communities around the world.
In his speech on June 4, Obama vowed to forge a "new beginning" for Islam and America, promising to purge years of "suspicion and discord."
In what may be one of the defining moments of his presidency, Obama laid out a new blueprint for US Middle East policy, pledged to end mistrust, forge a state for Palestinians and defuse a nuclear showdown with Iran.
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What a wonderful president we have. Giving taxpayer money away to these nations.
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Obama offers millions in Muslim technology fund
Oct 23 05:06 PM US/Eastern
www.breitbart.com
Comments (0)Email to a friend Share on Facebook Tweet this
The White House Friday highlighted a new multi-million-dollar technology fund for Muslim nations, following a pledge made by President Barack Obama in his landmark speech to the Islamic world.
The White House said the US Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) had issued a call for proposals for the fund, which will provide financing of between 25 and 150 million dollars for selected projects and funds.
The Global Technology and Innovation Fund will "catalyze and facilitate private sector investments" throughout Asia, the Middle East and Africa, the White House said in a statement.
Eligible projects would advance economic opportunity and create jobs in areas like technology, education, telecoms, media, business services and clean technology, the White House said.
OPIC said sample projects could help foster the development of new computer technology or telecommunications businesses, or widen access to broadband Internet services.
Proposals must be submitted by the end of November, and managers of funds that make a final short list will make presentations in Washington in January.
Final selections will be announced next June.
In his speech to the Muslim world in Cairo last June, Obama argued that "education and innovation will be the currency of the 21st century" and that under-investment was rife in many Muslim nations.
As well as the fund, Obama also said he will host a summit on entrepreneurship this year to deepen ties between business leaders in the United States and Muslim communities around the world.
In his speech on June 4, Obama vowed to forge a "new beginning" for Islam and America, promising to purge years of "suspicion and discord."
In what may be one of the defining moments of his presidency, Obama laid out a new blueprint for US Middle East policy, pledged to end mistrust, forge a state for Palestinians and defuse a nuclear showdown with Iran.
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What a wonderful president we have. Giving taxpayer money away to these nations.
We give tons of cash to many nations for all kinds of reasons. In this case, its called diplomacy and politics. So what?
BFD.
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We give tons of cash to many nations for all kinds of reasons. In this case, its called diplomacy and politics. So what?
BFD.
Everyone has their pet project they want funded. In case you didnt realize it, we are broke and the dollar is near collapse.
http://www.usdebtclock.org/
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Everyone has their pet project they want funded. In case you didnt realize it, we are broke and the dollar is near collapse.
http://www.usdebtclock.org/
It wouldn't matter who is president. We still would do stuff like this. Again: BFD.
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3333, how much money was given to muslim nations under bush just as bribe money alone? were you bitching about that?
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I hate this crap no matter who we give it to or which president does it. Every time I hear we don't have enough money for health reform, we don't have enough money for our soldiers, etc., etc..
Can't imagine why...
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3333, how much money was given to muslim nations under bush just as bribe money alone? were you bitching about that?
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ouch....i ws actually gonna agree with 333 but hugos got a point...
pakistan in itself ws given millions upon millions "to help fight terrorism"
all in zardari's pocket now
http://middleeast.about.com/b/2008/08/24/mr-10-percent-president-of-pakistan-meet-asif-ali-zardari.htm
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3333, how much money was given to muslim nations under bush just as bribe money alone? were you bitching about that?
no,no,no *wags finger*
I thought we already went over this. You are arguing from a democrat vs republican point of view. That boat has sailed. They are on the same team.
A lot of "finance" people were brought over from Bush into Obama administration. It is just a continuation of the status quo.
You need to think from a point of view that is best for the public.
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no,no,no *wags finger*
I thought we already went over this. You are arguing from a democrat vs republican point of view. That boat has sailed. They are on the same team.
A lot of "finance" people were brought over from Bush into Obama administration. It is just a continuation of the status quo.
You need to think from a point of view that is best for the public.
yea I know. I've made those posts like you made the other day and so have other people. They all end the same way. With Crickets. I even challenged 3333 twice on coming up with a different approach, he ignored me both times. Either people come to this conclusion on their own or they don't but you can't tell them this. What I do a lot is to point out the hypocrisy of not caring when it happened under the person they voted for and now caring when it's the guy they didn't vote for. At a minimum it shows you ought to be critical of even the guy you voted for.
You also have the problem with dropping that on people with no alternative. You need to have a suggested course other than standing their like an idiot with nothing to say.
Then there is the fact that people just love to have a team and fight for it. It's natural impulse and they're comfy with that. What you're saying requires more of them. Then there is the fact that they develop a genuine hate for the other side and people don't want to shed that. So what to do? At a min get them to look critical and oppose their own side in addition to the other team. That's at least a little better and is definitely not what they want people doing either.
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2 nations - iraq and afghanistan - received the most US foreign aid dollars for 8 years.