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Posted on 02/10/2012 7:37:16 PM PST by Hunton Peck
President Obama has created a new commission charged with promoting "global development" -- a move that comes as the Middle East continues to churn with uprisings rooted in the Arab Spring.
The Global Development Council, created by executive order, will be administered by USAID, the agency that provides economic and humanitarian aid abroad. The panel appears to be an effort to come up with a more focused strategy toward working with other countries in a new era of upheaval.
The council would bring together representatives from nonprofit advocacy groups and charities, as well as colleges and businesses. The secretary of state and other administration officials would also be involved.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Yet another way to spend money with just the flimsiest veil of a purpose.
Code for giving our taxpayer money to other countries.
Oh goody. How much is THIS going to cost us?! I’m sure he will tout this as being “FREE” as well?
Seems like he’s not all that sure he’s getting re-elected.
That’s a possibility. He may already be in the burn-it-all-down tantrum phase that some losing politicians go into after the elections.
Another illegal construct by Obama.
I hope that when these pests are cleared out of DC, they don’t qualify for some sort of federal retirement.
Someone should make sure of this...
Executive order
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
February 09, 2012
Executive Order — Establishing the President’s Global Development Council
EXECUTIVE ORDER
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ESTABLISHING THE PRESIDENT’S GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. To help protect national security and further American economic, humanitarian, and strategic interests in the world, it is the policy of the Federal Government to promote and elevate development as a core pillar of American power and chart a course for development, diplomacy, and defense to reinforce and complement one another. As stated in the 2010 National Security Strategy and the Presidential Policy Directive on Global Development, the successful pursuit of development is essential to advancing our national security objectives: security, prosperity, respect for universal values, and a just and sustainable international order. The effectiveness of this development policy will depend in large measure on how we engage with partners, beneficiaries of our development assistance, and stakeholders. We will use evidence-based decision-making in all areas of U.S. development policy and programs, and we commit to foster development expertise and learning worldwide.
Sec. 2. Establishment. There is established the President’s Global Development Council (Council). The Council shall be established for administrative purposes within the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) subject to the foreign policy and budgetary guidance of the Secretary of State.
Sec. 3. Membership. The membership of the Council shall be as follows:
(a) The Council shall be composed of the officials described in paragraph (b) of this section and not more than 12 individuals from outside the Federal Government appointed by the President. Appointed members of the Council may serve as representatives of a variety of sectors, including, among others, institutions of higher education, non-profit and philanthropic organizations, civil society, and private industry.
(b) The Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the USAID Administrator, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation shall serve as non-voting members of the Council and may designate, to perform the Council functions of the member, a senior-level official who is part of the member’s department, agency, or office, and who is a full-time officer or employee of the Federal Government.
(c) The President shall designate a member of the Council to serve as Chair and another member to serve as Vice Chair. The Chair shall convene and preside at meetings of the Council, determine meeting agendas, and direct its work. The Vice Chair shall perform the duties of the Chair in the absence of the Chair and shall perform such other functions as the Chair may assign.
(d) The term of office of members appointed by the President from outside the Federal Government shall be 2 years, and such members shall be eligible for reappointment and may continue to serve after the expiration of their terms until the President appoints a successor. A member appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only for the unexpired term of such vacancy.
Sec. 4. Mission and Functions. The Council shall advise and support the President, through the National Security Staff and the National Economic Council staff, in furtherance of the policy set forth in section 1 of this order. The Council shall meet regularly and shall:
(a) inform the policy and practice of U.S. global development policy and programs by providing advice to the President and other senior officials on issues including:
(i) innovative, scalable approaches to development with proven demonstrable impact, particularly on sustainable economic growth and good governance;
(ii) areas for enhanced collaboration between the Federal Government and public and private sectors to advance development policy;
(iii) best practices for and effectiveness of research and development in low and middle income economies; and
(iv) long-term solutions to issues central to strategic planning for U.S. development efforts;
(b) support new and existing public-private partnerships by:
(i) identifying key areas for enhanced collaboration and any barriers to collaboration; and
(ii) recommending concrete efforts that the private and public sectors together can take to promote economic development priorities and initiatives; and
(c) increase awareness and action in support of development by soliciting public input on current and emerging issues in the field of global development as well as bringing to the President’s attention concerns and ideas that would inform policy options.
Sec. 5. Administration of the Council. (a) The heads of executive departments and agencies shall assist and provide information to the Council, consistent with applicable law, as may be necessary to carry out the functions of the Council.
(b) Funding and administrative support for the Council shall be provided by USAID to the extent permitted by law and within existing appropriations.
(c) The USAID Administrator shall appoint an Executive Director who shall be a Federal officer or employee of USAID and serve as a liaison to the Administrator and the Executive Office of the President and consult with relevant executive departments, agencies, and offices on matters and activities pertaining to the Council.
(d) The members of the Council who are appointed from outside the Federal Government shall serve without compensation for their work on the Council. Members of the Council may, however, receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law for persons serving intermittently in the Government service (5 U.S.C. 5701-5707).
(e) Insofar as the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), may apply to the Council, any functions of the President under FACA, except that of reporting to the Congress, shall be performed by the USAID Administrator in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Administrator of General Services.
Sec. 6. Termination. The Council shall terminate 2 years after the date of this order, unless renewed by the President.
Sec. 7. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) authority granted by law to a department or agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
BARACK OBAMA
Another "won't cost us one thin dime" proposition?
Another "won't cost us one thin dime" proposition?
I don’t understand why we have a congress, it seems everything this guy wants is simply done by executive order.
He is literally ripping the constitution to shreds. Recess appointments when congress is still in session, mandating everyone must buy health insurance, an executive order to pass the dream act that congress rejected, the epa passing laws to regulate business activities, appointing dozens of Czars.
What am waiting to see, is what America is going to do when this guy steals the elections in November. Think I’m nuts, did you read about all the bogus registrations Acorn and others have been piling onto voter rolls all across America. Oh everybody thought it was funny when the found names like Mickey Mouse and others, but I’m guessing there are millions of bogus registrations on the voter rolls and the democraps will be using all of them.
In 1960 Kennedy had Daley in IL steal the election from Nixon and after it was clear what happened, no-one did anything about it. What happens this time ?
Yep. Another hire a commie job-creating organization whose goal will be to promote Islamic extremists and undermine any real efforts to create democracy in the Middle East.
Let’s see what “house radicals and academic frauds” Obie hires.
In other words, he has no F’in clue as to how to approach the country, or the world, to legislate his way out of the funk that the world economy is going through.
He tried Simpson/Bowles, but they had too many non-socialist ideas, so that report hit the trash-can; he tried House/Senate conforees, but that ended in a stalemate; he tried pitting the 99 percent against the one percent, and that went no-where.
So now he sits in the middle of a circle jerk, with no more commie/socialist ideas, and comes up with another czar commission to write up a new bunch of stupidity that will absolutely go nowhere.
Meanwhile, Pelosi is getting a new blast of Botox; Waxman is picking his prodigious pig nose; Wasserman Schultz is curling her skankey locks and practicing her swarmey snarl, while Chuckie Schumer primps for the camera. (Yet, Barney Frank is happy with the twinkie in his butt, because he gave up his power to love his man full time.)
All awaiting Zer0s new stupid plan to spend our way into oblivion!
The Price of Obamacare, or, The Full Faith and Credit Card
Cheers!
I was just thinking that we weren’t doing enough for the Global Jihad. :)
GET RID OF THE EPA, THE MORATORIUMS AND ...oh I’m sorry, I was screaming there. I’m just so non PC, where’s the med room? Yes, another organization/committee that does nothing but steal money out of our pockets, outlaw God, force we the people to bow to big government and stomp anyone who cries, “ Don’t tread on me!”
Thanks for the ping and info, Whenifhow!
Pinging the Agenda 21 folks! More fun news from the White House working fiercely to implement UN Agenda 21.
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Thanks for posting this. It proves what I’ve known for a long time now - that he’s a Marxist. This executive order is a prime example of ruling by a committee of the elite - as well as ruling by obfuscation. What the hell is “development,” anyway? It’s a word mentioned a dozen times, without definition - and it’s meant to be that way, as “development” actually means “development of a structure to complete our hegemony over the society.”
God help us.
Well said, redpoll. But there’s more, and your question about “development” is the key to it.
The term “development” is one of the buzzwords of UN Agenda 21. It is an all-encompassing agenda to push the people into small “sustainable” areas, and let the power elite and presumably forest critters live in the rural areas. So you will hear them (the power elite, not the forest critters) speak of the the “development” of “sustainable” [another buzzword] areas.
While the way they present it might sound nice on the surface, at the heart of it is the creation of the means of full control of the populace...in all possible areas of life and society.
If you desire to get up to speed with what this is all about, you are invited to check out the Agenda 21 thread which can be found here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2738418/posts
There is a lot of information on the thread if someone is wanting to get up to speed with the topic quickly.
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