In the Nangarhar province near Afghanistan’s eastern border sits an abandoned police base, built with $4.5 million of U.S. taxpayer dollars and completed just 13 months ago. The base, known as Lal Por 2, is badly needed but remains empty because it lacks any viable water supply. No efforts are underway to add one.
Category: World
OPINION: London 2012 Olympics-The Staging Ground For The Coming Police State?
“As London prepares to throw the world a $14 billion party, it seems fair to ask the question: What does it get out of the bargain?” asks the Christian Science Monitor in a recent story on the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Negotiations For Wide-Ranging International Trade Treaty Continue In Secret
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Earlier this month, negotiators from the United States and eight other Pacific Rim nations concluded the latest round of negotiations on an ambitious secret trade agreement. The next round of Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations is scheduled for Sept. 6-15 in Leesburg, Va.
U.S. Arms Control Official: Test Ban Treaty Faces ‘Uphill’ Fight In Senate
The Obama administration’s top nuclear disarmament expert expressed concern Friday over partisan sentiments on Capitol Hill that could affect the passage of a key nuclear treaty.
U.S. Official Says Government Wasted $6-8 Billion In Iraq Reconstruction
The official in charge of monitoring America’s $51 billion effort to reconstruct Iraq has estimated that $6 billion to $8 billion of that amount was lost to waste, fraud and abuse.
Share your memories of the 1969 moon landing
On this date in 1969, the Apollo 11 mission launched from Cape Kennedy in Florida. On July 20, 1969, Armstrong and Aldrin would become the first men to set foot on the lunar surface.
U.S. Points Finger, And Arms Exports, At Human Rights Abusers
Every May and June, different branches of the State Department paint contrasting portraits of how Washington views dozens of strategically significant countries around the world, in seemingly rivalrous reports by its Human Rights and Political-Military Affairs bureaus.
Army’s Mishandling Of Afghanistan Police Contract Boosted Costs
As the U.S. military heads for the door in Afghanistan, one of its most important tasks is to train Afghan police to take control of the nation’s security. But a billion-dollar Afghan police training contract, now being administered by the Army, has encountered some troubles, according to a new report by the Defense Department’s Inspector General’s office.
The Answer Isn’t Socialism; It’s Capitalism That Better Spreads The Benefits Of The Productivity Revolution
Francois Hollande’s victory doesn’t and shouldn’t mean a movement toward socialism in Europe or elsewhere. Socialism isn’t the answer to the basic problem haunting all rich nations.
A Question Of Timing: What America Can Learn From The Revolt In Europe
Who’s an economy for? Voters in France and Greece have made it clear it’s not for the bond traders.