Tuesday, January 23, 2007
"Bush Has Quietly Tripled Aid to Africa"
Sarcasm on. I'm surprised the media would publish this. Sarcasm off...
In the Washington Post, Michael A. Fletcher discovers:
"The moves have surprised -- and pleased -- longtime supporters of assistance for Africa, who note that because Bush has received little support from African American voters, he has little obvious political incentive for his interest.
'I think the Bush administration deserves pretty high marks in terms of increasing aid to Africa,' said Steve Radelet, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development."
