One thing is sure, he has kept the media from reporting on his trip to South America, I heard he promised $200 million to El Salvador so they can fight crime...
http://www.kgoam810.com/rssItem.asp?feedid=112&itemid=29647576“Instead of the old donor-recipient model, we’re working as partners,” he said.
“So rather than the United States coming in and saying, here’s the best way to do things, what we want to do is to hear what are the respective challenges that each country is facing,” Obama said.
The money will be used for policing, security and judicial systems, but it will also have a social component. The U.S. president then quoted his Central American counterpart.
“He said we don't want a young man in El Salvador or a young woman in El Salvador to feel that the only two paths to moving up the income ladder is either to travel north or to join a criminal enterprise,” Obama said.
So much for cutting the budget...