Internet Resources (foreign Aid)

Foreign Aid Summary: Vauhns (2001-2006) http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/politics/us-foreign-aid.htm Global Issues: Organization http://www.globalissues.org/article/35/us-and-foreign-aid-assistance Congressional Research Service: Organization (Contracted by U.S.; RE: FA to Israel) www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33222.pdf U.S. Aid: Govt. http://www.usaid.gov/ Parade: Magazine http://www.parade.com/news/intelligence-report/archive/who-gets-us-foreign-aid.html About.Com: U.S. Foreign Policy – Rethinking American Foreign Aid http://usforeignpolicy.about.com/od/foreignaid/a/helpcomm.htm About.Com: U.S. Foreign Policy – Foreign Policy 101; Who Makes U.S. Foreign Policy? http://usforeignpolicy.about.com/od/backgroundhistory/a/whomakesforpol.htm In Egypt, Souring Attitudes Toward United States (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06130/688734-192.stm Comparing Global Influence: China’s and U.S. Diplomacy, Foreign Aid, Trade, and Investment in the Developing World Congressional Research Service (CRS): Order Code RL34620; August 15, 2008 fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL34620.pdf The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations: http://www.thechicagocouncil.org/past_pos.php Public Opinion Survey, September 2005 CIRCLE (Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement) http://www.civicyouth.org/ Youth Voters in the 2008 Presidential Election Obama / Biden: U.S. Foreign Policy and U.S. Foreign Aid (Post Election) www.whitehouse.gov/agenda/foreign policy/ Obama / Biden: U.S. Foreign Policy – Iraq (Post Election) www.whitehouse.gov/agenda/foreign policy/ WorldPublicOpinion.org (cites major polls conducted by various organizations)

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http://www.americans-world.org/PDF/china_data_update-8_2008.pdf (website quoting a 2008 poll of Americans conducted by Pew Research Center [pg. 13 – 14]; Committee of 100/Zogby International [pg. 17]). Pew: opinion of China’s military threat to U.S.; terrorists using nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons against the U.S.; threat of future terrorist attach on U.S.; growing hatred towards U.S. in Muslim countries; our actions in the Middle East are aiding the recruitment of terrorists (pg. 13 – 14); Committee of 100/Zogby International: Threat of China’s military to U.S. (pg. 17). DailyProgress.org (Charlottesville, VA): From Hitler to America’s Future… http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/opinion/columnists_bryan_mckenzie/article/fr om_hitler_youth_to_americas_future/8001/ The Germans have a saying: “Aus Shacen Wird man klug.” No one exemplified that proverb, “sorrow and pain makes one wiser,” more than Bernhard Leipelt, who went from Hitler Youth and Wehrmacht officer in World War II to a Charlottesville social activist in his retirement. He died March 4, 2008. See above link for his story. MIT Center for International Studies: publications (all topics) http://web.mit.edu/cis/fpi.html MIT Center for International Studies: World Health and Disease http://web.mit.edu/cis/fpi_disease.html MIT Center for International Studies: Audits of Conventional Wisdom (all topics) http://web.mit.edu/cis/acw.html WEB MIT (same school, different site – lots of resources in lots of disciplines) http://web.mit.edu/ 2006 United Nations Human Development Project http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/report/HDR06-complete.pdf pg. 7 – 385 million people live on < $1.00 per day, while 660 million people live on <$2.00 per day. Of the 1,045,000,000 people included in these two figures (660 m [2/3] + 335 m [1/3]), all live on < $2.00/day (335 m [1/3] being < $1.00/day), and none of the one billion, forty-five million people have clean water. 2006 United Nations Human Development Project http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/ (main link)

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