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The U.S. Global Health Initiative: Overview & Budget Analysis UPDATES: In April 2010, the Foundation issued a policy brief examining key issues affecting the Global Health Initiative. In addition, the regularly updated Budget Tracker provides the current status of key global health accounts throughout the budget and appropriations process. This policy brief and chartpack provide a detailed breakdown of the U.S. budget for the global health programs in President Obama’s new Global Health Initiative, announced in May 2009. The Global Health Initiative, a six-year, $63 billion proposed effort, would for the first time develop a comprehensive, U.S. government-wide strategy for...
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Roger Pielke Jr writes about scientists, and reporters, who attempt to link recently seen weather to evidence that man-made global warming is true: (h/t Tom Nelson) Let's see if I can make this simple. What happens in the weather this week or next tells us absolutely nothing about the role of humans in influencing the climate system. It is unjustifiable to claim that a cold snap or heavy snow disproves or even casts doubts predictions of long-term climate change. It is equally unjustifiable to say that a cold snap or heavy snow in any way offers empirical support for predictions...
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Watchdog panel cites global impact of US bailout WASHINGTON (AP) - The $700 billion U.S. bailout program launched in response to the global economic meltdown had a far greater impact overseas than other countries' financial rescue plans did on the U.S., according to a new report from a congressional watchdog. Billions of dollars in U.S. rescue funds wound up in big banks in France, Germany and other nations.
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The Washington Post reported yesterday on the frustration and anger among international AIDS charities with the White House. The groups argue that President Obama’s administration has reneged on pledges to fund antiretroviral therapy programs. The programs have been big successes in Africa, which faces epidemic levels of infection. “In sub-Saharan Africa, antiretroviral therapy, much of it paid for by the U.S. government, is resurrecting whole communities,” the Post reports. That progress is endangered, the charities say, by a shortage of funds. They now long for the good old days of ... the previous administration.
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LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks briefly hit a two-week peak on Monday as expectations rose that U.S. corporate earnings this week would point to a sustainable economic recovery in the world's biggest economy. The euro slid as jitters grew ahead of the results of European bank stress tests due later this month and the yen slipped after Japan's ruling coalition lost its upper house majority in Sunday's election, putting the government's policies to deal with the country's massive debt at risk. Wall Street had its best week in a year last week ahead of this week's key earnings, which include...
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ABUJA, Nigeria – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says that the U.S. is a "dictatorship" as it tries to control world affairs. Ahmadinejad made the comments Wednesday night during a speech at the Iranian Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria's capital. He is in Nigeria for a summit of an organization known as the D-8, or the Developing Eight nations. In full, Ahmadinejad says the U.S. is "the self-proclaimed leader, and everybody should know that a self-proclaimed leadership is (a) dictatorship. I am going to say, on behalf of you, that the years of dictatorship are over."
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Chinese Premier Says Global Crisis More Serious Than Expected Joe Weisenthal Jul. 5, 2010, 9:45 PM Some interesting comments made by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao this weekend. WSJ: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Sunday the country's economic policies "face increasing dilemmas" because the impact of the global financial crisis is more serious than expected, but he reiterated that China won't hold back steps to restructure the economy for growth. ... "China's current economic situation is sound, but the domestic and global economic environment is extremely complicated," Mr. Wen said. He said Beijing will try to maintain relatively fast economic development...
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