0bama...
gives Gordon Brown DVDs he can’t see & plastic toys
gives the Queen an ipod with illegal downloaded songs along with his own speeches
the French a book (I think)
the Czech leader a copy of a treaty
Turkish leader ?????
offers the Italians $50,000 for the earthquake victims (which the Italians refuse)
From WAPO as reported here: http://senatus.wordpress.com/2009/04/10/obama-sends-congress-834-billion-war-funding-request/
0bama requests inside DoD request:
nearly $76 billion of the request would go to the Defense Department;
about $7 billion would be sent to the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development;
$1.6 billion for economic help and a “surge” of diplomatic and civilian personnel for Afghanistan;
$1.4 billion for economic assistance and more diplomats and development experts for Pakistan;
$800 million to strengthen the Palestinian Authority and assist people affected by the crisis in Gaza;
$400 million to address the impact of the financial crisis in developing countries;
nearly $90 million to safeguard “loose nukes” worldwide and dismantle North Korea’s plutonium program;
about $30 million would go toward the shutdown of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and a review of U.S. procedures there; and
$66 million to help buy three helicopters for Mexican anti-drug efforts.
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=2227190%2C1
If he follows most Africans I know he will not be over generous in helping those still in the African continent it will be interesting to see how his aid and research programs to that continent compares to that of GWB administration.