Since azerbaijans independence, in 1991, u. S. Aid has spent 55 million on programs to make the country more democratic. The country remains more undemocratic and is becoming more and more authoritarian. The u. S. Government presses on with multimilliondollars programs in azerbaijan. In 2012 us aid issues a 1. 5 million call, i want you to listen to this. That would enable key Society Organizations to better respond to the president s vision and calls for more meaningful and state Civil Society partnership fulfilling the governments commitments to various International Human rights instruments, end quote. The idea of u. S. Taxpayer dollars going to implement the supposed democratic vision of azerbaijans authoritarian president reinforces the notion that foreign aid is a scam. Ill give you an example from kazakhstan. This is a typical program. Youll see this in every part of the world. Im a eurasia specialist. My examples from the region, usaid worked with the 1. 5 million to increase t
Lasting legacy will be that the American People saw what a lawless presidency looks like. What Big Government overreach looks like and the American People are going to say no, i think i will take a rain check. President obama set out to make government cool again and he did just the opposite. The principals that make america exceptional are too valuable to throw by the wayside. They will allow america to shine as the enduring beacon of freedom and liberty around the world. The tea party awakened the country to the values that we hold dear and made us the greatest nation in the world. The freedom and rights are taken away. The spirit that built the nation from the bottom up. It didnt build us from the top down. America has not been preserved by officials in washington, d. C. As much as we would like to see it. It isnt. It has been preserved by the men and the women who rose to the challenge and made the nation great. The norman bor looks of the world. The Martin Luther king,jr. S of the
says is an augmentation of beefing up of the us air force presence in poland. there is a small team there. they will add to it. they will extend it. it will stay there for a while now. this team allows us and 16 fighter jets in c-130 aircraft to move in and out of poland. it hopes with all of that, it is a bit of a beachhead if you will. next door to russia, it is a signal of support for poland. a country over history that has always had concerns about russia. then, second, the secretary talked about something called the baltic air police mission. let s leave that map up and explain to people what we are talking about. the baltic states, lithuania, astonia on russia s flight, they are small countries and do not have their own air forces. the u.s. through nato and other nato countries will now increase their effort to help defend