Friday, November 1, 2013

US backs $1.25 billion loan to Jordan



US backs $1.25 billion loan to Jordan
By Julian Pecquet
Jordan on Thursday closed on a $1.25 billion loan guaranteed by the U.S. government, a crucial financial crutch for an important Middle Eastern ally buffeted by the civil war in Syria.

The seven-year Jordanian sovereign bond was supported by a 100 percent guarantee of the repayment of principal and interest by the U.S. government. Congress authorized the loan guarantee program in its 2012 appropriations bill for the State Department and foreign operations.

“This guarantee reinforces the firm U.S. commitment to the people of Jordan by strengthening the Government of Jordan’s ability to maintain access to international financing, while enabling it to achieve its economic development and reform goals,” the State Department said in a statement Thursday.

The bond guarantee fulfills a promise made by President Obama when he visited Jordan in March.

The U.S. guarantee, Obama said at the time, “can help deliver the results that Jordanians deserve … to see their schools better, their roads improved, healthcare, clean water all enhanced, the training that I know a lot of Jordanians seek, particularly young people, to get a job or to turn entrepreneurial skills into a business that creates even more jobs.” The loan guarantee agreement was signed in Amman in August.

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Thomas R. Pickering was the U.S. ambassador for Jordan, a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), is a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a co-chair at the International Crisis Group, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Note: Queen Noor is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a director at Refugees International, and the queen dowager for Jordan.
Princess Firyal is the princess of Jordan, and an overseer at the International Rescue Committee.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder at the Aspen Institute (think tank), the Brookings Institution (think tank), Refugees International, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a board member at the International Crisis Group, and the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Better World Fund was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Rania Al Abdullah is a director at the Better World Fund, and the queen of Jordan.
Ted Turner is the founder & chairman for the Better World Fund, the founder of CNN, and a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Walter Isaacson was the chairman & CEO for CNN, and is the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
El Hassan bin Talal is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and the crown prince of Jordan.
Jessica Tuchman Mathews is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)
Thomas R. Pickering is a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a co-chair at the International Crisis Group, a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the U.S. ambassador for Jordan.

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