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		<title>U.S. Purchases Fuel for Afghanistan, Possibly Undermines Own Iran Oil Sanctions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[America’s attempts to cripple Iran through economic sanctions may have been undermined by, you guessed it, America.  Yesterday SIGAR, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, released a report showing that the U.S. spent nearly $1.1 billion to import fuel for Afghanistan’s National Army (ANA) between 2007 and 2012.  Where the fuel came from is anyone’s guess. In 1995 President Clinton signed an executive order prohibiting American involvement with petroleum development in Iran.  Afghanistan, however, is largely dependent upon imports for meeting the majority of its energy needs and, while accurate reports of Afghanistan oil imports vary, estimates suggest that up to one-half of Afghanistan fuel (including all gas and oil used for motor vehicles, aircraft, generators, and cooking) comes from Iran. The SIGAR report shows that until late 2012, the U.S. did not require fuel vendors, usually Afghanistan-owned companies, to provide information on their sources or checked to see if they followed U.S. sanctions.  This information could have been gleaned from oil refineries, which produce a Verified Fuel Passport identifying a fuel’s origin.  For 2013, the Pentagon has requested $323 million to purchase fuel for Afghanistan security forces. &#8220;Our report again demonstrates the critical importance that oversight plays in the contracting process,” said Special Inspector General John F. Sopko. “It is essential that the Department of Defense continues to implement strict controls over the fuel supply process to ensure taxpayer funds are not used in violation of Iranian sanctions.&#8221; The report is evidence that SIGAR has teeth as an oversight body after hitting a rough patch over the past few years.  In January 2011 Maj. Gen. Arnold Fields resigned after three years as the head over a ripping peer review and a vicious congressional testimony.  Afterwards there were two acting SIGAR chiefs before the agency settled on John F. Sopko in July. SIGAR has a budget of about $50 million, and investigates fraud, waste, and abuse in Afghanistan reconstruction projects that total around $19 billion. The West has cheered the Iran oil sanctions as a major success. From 2011 to 2012, western<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=86650&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Unveils Private-Public Partnership on Food Aid</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 10:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Newton-Small</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any one remember sending their left overs to Africa? Not so long ago, that food aid consisted of massive amounts of random extra food that developed countries would send to the developing world in response to crises – mostly to rot on airport tarmacs for lack of distribution. On Friday, President Obama hopes to show the world how much times of changed. Three years ago in L’Aquila, Italy, on the heels of a crippling famine in Africa, the G8 pledged $22 billion in food development – the first significant investment in a field where aid had been dwindling for years. That pledge expires this year and the Obama Administration is seeking to not only renew it, but to expand it, particularly in the private sector. When he announces this “New Alliance” on Friday, Obama will notably share the stage with the CEOs of several of the 40 companies who have pledged $3.5 billion in food and nutritional assistance along side the government. “We’re very excited,” USAID Administrator Raj Shah told TIME in an interview in his Washington offices on Wednesday. “It really is the culmination of years of effort on behalf of African leaders, on behalf of entrepreneurs, this Administration, partners in the G8 and many, many others including the private companies that are joining this private-public partnership.” The initiative will focus on sub-Saharan Africa and aims not only to feed the hungry in that region, but to create jobs and rescue 50 million people from extreme poverty. “You’ve seen six of the 10 fastest growing economies in the world in sub Saharan Africa. You’ve seen two to three times the growth rate of the global economy and as a result you’ve seen a lot of foreign investment go to Africa but usually for things like minerals and extractive industries,” Shah says. “You’ve not seen a parallel growth in private investment in agriculture. And so this effort will correct for that.” Not everyone is delighted with the campaign. Non-governmental organizations involved in food and nutrition held a press conference Wednesday<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=swampland.time.com&#038;blog=5284847&#038;post=71058&#038;subd=timeswampland&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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