Obama pledges to seek additional financial aid for Jordan

Obama pledges to seek additional financial aid for Jordan

Published February 15, 2014

Associated Press

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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. –  President Obama says he'll ask Congress to approve new financial aid for Jordan.

Jordan is a key Arab ally in the Middle East whose fragile economy is being stretched by the influx of refugees fleeing the civil war in next-door Syria.

Obama announced late Friday that he will seek $1 billion in loan guarantees. That would be on top of a $1.25 billion loan guarantee Congress approved last year.

He'll also ask for a new, five-year funding agreement for Jordan. Officials did not immediately say what that would be worth. An existing agreement expires in September.

A loan guarantee essentially makes the U.S. responsible for repaying the money should Jordan default.

Obama announced his intentions in California, where he is meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II.

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Queen Noor is a queen dowager for Jordan, a director at Refugees International, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Note: Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for Refugees International, the Aspen Institute (think tank), the International Rescue Committee, and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

James S. Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Lester Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Henry A. Kissinger was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Princess Firyal is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, the Jordan princess and a trustee at the New York Public Library.

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was the lobby firm for the New York Public Library, and is the lobby firm for the United Arab Emirates.

League of Arab States is a member of the United Arab Emirates.

Jordan is a member of the League of Arab States.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Valerie B. Jarrett is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration.

Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

http://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/12/commercial-club-of-chicago-members.html

Kathleen Brown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, Jerry Brown’s sister, and was the California state government treasurer.

Jerry Brown is Kathleen Brown’s brother, and the California state government governor.