Pentagon Can Now Fund Foreign Militaries

[AGENDA21]

Congress has granted unusual authority for the Pentagon to spend as much as $200 million of its own budget to aid foreign militaries, a break with the traditional practice of channeling foreign military assistance through the State Department.

The move, included in a little-noticed provision of the 2006 National Defense Authorization Act passed last month, marks a legislative victory for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, who pushed hard for the new powers to deal with emergency situations.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/28/AR2006012800833_pf.html

[Poppyseedman]

1. Too many career Clinton-ions in the State Dept

so they do an end around. Typical.

Only good thing is 200 million is pocket change.

[RC]

2. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld definition of emergency situation.

Any conflict that if left alone might lead to a peaceful solution.

[The Animator]

3. Umm... How about funding Our military?

I mean, there are soldiers fighting for us that still need armor right?

[AGENDA21]

4. Exactly,what i was thinking..

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

5. Well, since the Pentagon IS the state dept. now, and Rummy IS the

de facto Secretary of State/War, I guess this is the next step.

[alfredo]

6. 200 million can fund a small mercenary force for a

surgical strike against enemies of the empire.

[Clara T]

7. Another little known provision

this means little or no oversight and comports with Negroponte-Rumsfeld-Reich vision of the uber-military in secret roaming the globe securing energy sources, primarily FOR the Pentagon, and making the world safe for corporate investors.

Now of course we will force them to accept christianity and the american dollar all along the way.