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Current Events => Economics => Topic started by: CG6468 on September 09, 2012, 05:16:12 PM
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Foreigners awarded Obama scholarships
Written on Saturday, September 8, 2012 by Steve Peacock
Indonesian citizens will continue to pursue masters and Ph.D. programs courtesy of U.S. taxpayers— and even though students primarily will study in U.S. universities, the Obama administration awarded a contract to an Indonesian organization to coordinate this endeavor.
The second phase of what is known as the Program to Extend Scholarships and Training to Achieve Sustainable Impacts, or PRESTASI II, will enable about 100 “emerging Indonesian leaders†to pursue advanced degrees and other training.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Sept. 5 awarded an estimated $20 million contract to the Jakarta-based Indonesian International Educational Foundation. IIEF describes itself as “the largest and most experience non-profit private educational exchange organization in the world.â€
Earlier this year USAID launched what it characterized as a competitive search for “qualified local Indonesian non-governmental organizations.†In recent weeks it belatedly disclosed that it already had specific Indonesian contractors in mind.
In a Justification & Approval, or J&A, document that Patriot Update discovered during routine database research, USAID revealed that all along it had a “reasonable expectation†of awarding contracts either to IIEF, the American Indonesian Exchange Foundation, or to the Putera Sampoerna Foundation.
“These organizations currently administer large scholarship programs for advanced degrees in the U.S., and have the capacity to respond to the needs of the requirements of PRESTASI II,†USAID said in the J&A.
Meanwhile, "UP YOURS" to US citizens.
Enacted by BUSH!
Oblammo's true color(s) (http://patriotupdate.com/articles/indonesian-students-contractor-benefit-from-obama-scholarships)
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Our future presidents have to get their education somewhere, don't they?
It worked for 0bama. :-)
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Helping non American takers up their take.