The Steady Drip

Obama to Make Rare High-Profile Speech on Mandela's Legacy (Connecting the Dots: The Rigged Nobel Peace Prize, Obama & The Carnegie/Soros Network)

Newsmax.com

Monday, 16 July 2018 08:13 AM EDT

(Reuters)

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/obama-speech-mandela/2018/07/16/id/871844/

JOHANNESBURG — In a speech marking the 100th birthday of anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, former U.S. President Barack Obama will urge youth around the world to work for human rights and fair societies, highlighting the late South African leader’s example of persevering in the struggle for democracy and equal rights for all.

The speech on Tuesday, one of Obama’s most high-profile since leaving office, is meant to draw attention to values that today are under threat and to rally people in Africa and elsewhere to push for tolerance and justice. Obama is not expected to make any mention of his successor, President Donald Trump, said Ben Rhodes, Obama’s longtime aide and adviser.

“At the current moment we’re in, values that we thought were well-established — the importance of human rights, respect for diversity — in many parts of the world those values are under threat,” Rhodes told The Associated Press. “Mandela’s life is an inspiring example of how we can overcome obstacles to promote inclusive democracy and an equitable society with tolerance of others.”

In delivering the annual Nelson Mandela Lecture before thousands of South Africans, Obama is expected to highlight how the Nobel Peace Prize winner, who was imprisoned for 27 years, kept up his campaign against what appeared to be insurmountable odds to end apartheid, South Africa’s harsh system of white minority rule.

Mandela, who was released from prison in 1990 and became South Africa’s first black president four years later, died in 2013, leaving a powerful legacy of reconciliation and diversity along with a resistance to inequality, economic and otherwise.

“In the U.S. and around the world, many see recent developments that run counter to Mandela’s legacy,” Rhodes said. “This will be a globally minded speech, highlighting global trends and focusing on how, in his life, Mandela embodied perseverance. It will be aimed at young people in Africa and also around the world to show that we have been through darker times before and we can overcome these challenges to keep Mandela’s vision alive.”

Obama has shied away from public comment on Trump, whose administration has reversed or attacked notable achievements of his predecessor. The U.S. under Trump has withdrawn from the 2015 Paris climate agreement and the Iran nuclear deal while trying to undercut the Affordable Care Act or “Obamacare“.

Instead of commenting on politics, Obama’s speech will draw on broader themes and his admiration for Mandela, whom America’s first black president saw as a mentor.

When Obama was a U.S. senator he had his picture taken with the newly freed Mandela. After Obama became president he sent a copy of the photo to Mandela, who kept it in his office. Obama also made a point of visiting Mandela’s prison cell and gave a moving eulogy at Mandela’s memorial service in 2013, saying the South African leader’s life had inspired him.

“Mandela was a hero, an example of someone who overcame adversity to achieve significant change,” Rhodes said. “The opportunity to speak at the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Mandela’s birth is very meaningful.”

Obama also will highlight one goal of his post-presidency, the promotion of young people as future leaders, Rhodes said. His visit to South Africa will launch his foundation’s leadership program in Africa.

Two hundred young Africans are in Johannesburg for a five-day workshop to boost their leadership skills. Chosen from nearly 10,000 applications, the participants come from 44 countries, said Bernadette Meehan, the Obama Foundation’s executive director of international relations.

The average age of the participants is 31 and they come from the private sector, government and civil society, she said. They are working in Africa in the fields of public health, food security, girls’ education, female empowerment, the LGBT movement, human rights, peacemaking, conflict resolution, renewable energy and entrepreneurship.

The Obama Foundation plans to launch similar youth leadership programs in Asia, Europe and Latin America.

“President and Mrs. Obama strongly believe that ordinary people can achieve positive change,” Meehan said. “This program is designed to inspire and empower the next generation of change makers.”

2009 Nobel Peace Prize

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Nobel_Peace_Prize

The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to United States president Barack Obama (b. 1961) for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples".[1] The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the award on October 9, 2009, citing Obama's promotion of nuclear nonproliferation[2] and a "new climate" in international relations fostered by Obama, especially in reaching out to the Muslim world.

George Carlin: The Owners Of This Country (George was right!)

Connecting the Dots:

Norway was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and a board member for the International Crisis Group.

Martti Ahtisaari is the chair emeritus for the International Crisis Group and a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

Thorvald Stoltenberg was a board member for the International Crisis Group and a foreign minister for Norway.

Kofi A. Annan was a board member for the International Crisis Group, an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

International Rescue Committee is a partner at the ONE Campaign.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee.

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

International Rescue Committee is a partner at the ONE Campaign.

Albert Einstein was the founder of the International Rescue Committee, and a Nobel Foundation Nobel Prize winner (physics).

Robin Chandler Duke was an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and a U.S. ambassador for Norway.

Henry A. Kissinger is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

Elie Wiesel is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, and a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee, the Center for American Progress and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a supporter for the Center for American Progress and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

International Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE Campaign.

Morton H. Halperin is a senior adviser for the Soros Open Society Foundations, a director at the ONE Campaign, was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, served with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and a director at the Debt AIDS Trade Africa.

Debt AIDS Trade Africa is a merged organization with the ONE Campaign.

International Rescue Committee is a partner at the ONE Campaign.

Michelle Obama was an advocate for the ONE Campaign and married to the Barack Obama.

Barack Obama is married to Michelle Obama and a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

Alan R. Batkin is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and a director at the Millennium Promise.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee and the Millennium Promise.

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

Jimmy Carter was an honorary co-chairman for the Millennium Promise and is a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

Albert A. Gore Jr. is a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner and the chairman for the Climate Reality Project.

Joseph E. Stiglitz is a Nobel Foundation Nobel Prize winner (economics, 2001) and was a director at the Climate Reality Project.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Climate Reality Project and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a member of the Bretton Woods Committee and a board member for the International Crisis Group.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Moises Naim is a global board member for the Soros Open Society Foundations, a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, was a board member for the International Crisis Group and the minister of trade and industry for Venezuela.

Martti Ahtisaari is the chair emeritus for the International Crisis Group and a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

Thorvald Stoltenberg was a board member for the International Crisis Group and a foreign minister for Norway.

Kofi A. Annan is a board member for the International Crisis Group, an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, and a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

Albert Einstein was the founder of the International Rescue Committee, and a Nobel Foundation Nobel Prize winner (physics).

Robin Chandler Duke was an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and a U.S. ambassador for Norway.

Henry A. Kissinger is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

Elie Wiesel is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, and a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

International Rescue Committee is a partner at the ONE Campaign.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee.

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

International Rescue Committee is a partner at the ONE Campaign.

Michelle Obama was an advocate for the ONE Campaign and married to the Barack Obama.

Barack Obama is married to Michelle Obama and a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

The Nobel Peace Prize 1977 was awarded to Amnesty International "for worldwide respect for human rights"

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1977/summary/

Open Society Foundations was a funder for Amnesty International.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for Amnesty International.

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Nobel Peace Prize 1981

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1981/refugees/facts/

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Nobel Peace Prize 1981

Founded: 1950, Geneva, Switzerland

Prize motivation: “for promoting the fundamental rights of refugees”

Angelina Jolie is a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), a co-founder for the Jolie/Pitt Foundation and was a director at the Millennium Promise.

Jolie/Pitt Foundation was a funder for Doctors Without Borders.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for Doctors Without Borders.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Millennium Promise.

James Earl Carter

Nobel Peace Prize 2002

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2002/carter/facts/

Born: 1 October 1924, Plains, GA, USA

Died: 29 December 2024, Plains, GA, USA

Residence at the time of the award: USA

Role: 39th President of the United States of America

Prize motivation: “for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development”

Jimmy Carter was a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner and an honorary co-chairman for the Millennium Promise.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Millennium Promise.

George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Norman Ernest Borlaug

Nobel Peace Prize 1970

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1970/borlaug/facts/
Born: 25 March 1914, Cresco, IA, USA

Died: 12 September 2009, Dallas, TX, USA

Residence at the time of the award: USA

Role: International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Mexico City

Prize motivation: “for having given a well-founded hope - the green revolution”

Norman E. Borlaug was a Nobel Foundation Nobel Peace Prize winner and an advisory board member for the Earth Institute.

George Soros is an advisory board member for the Earth Institute.
Harold E. Varmus

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1989

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1989/varmus/facts/

Born: 18 December 1939, Oceanside, NY, USA

Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA

Prize motivation: “for their discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes”

Harold Varmus is a Nobel Foundation Nobel Prize winner and was an advisory board member for the Earth Institute.

George Soros is an advisory board member for the Earth Institute.

Kenneth J. Arrow

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1972

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/1972/arrow/facts/

Born: 23 August 1921, New York, NY, USA

Died: 21 February 2017, Palo Alto, CA, USA

Affiliation at the time of the award: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

Prize motivation: “for their pioneering contributions to general economic equilibrium theory and welfare theory”.

Kenneth J. Arrow was a Nobel Foundation Nobel Peace Prize winner, an advisory board member for the Earth Institute and Lawrence H. Summers’s uncle.

George Soros is an advisory board member for the Earth Institute, the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundation, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and a supporter for the Center for American Progress.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Center for American Progress, the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Lawrence H. Summers is a distinguished fellow at the Center for American Progress, was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the National Economic Council chairman for the Barack Obama administration and Kenneth J. Arrow’s nephew.

Shimon Peres

Nobel Peace Prize 1994

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1994/peres/facts/

Born: 16 August 1923, Vishneva, Poland (now Belarus)

Died: 28 September 2016, Tel Aviv, Israel

Residence at the time of the award: Israel

Role: Foreign Minister of Israel

Prize motivation: “for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East”

Shimon Peres was a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner, the president of Israel and a friend of Haim Saban.

Haim Saban is a friend of Shimon Peres, a benefactor for the Saban Center for Middle East Policy and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Saban Center for Middle East Policy was a policy center at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev

Nobel Peace Prize 1990

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1990/gorbachev/facts/

Born: 2 March 1931, Privolnoye, USSR (now Russia)

Died: 30 August 2022, Moscow, Russia

Residence at the time of the award: USSR (now Russia)

Role: President of USSR

Prize motivation: “for the leading role he played in the radical changes in East-West relations”

Mikhail Gorbachev was a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner, the president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), a general secretary for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and an advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation.

Joseph W. Ralston is an advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and a board member for the International Crisis Group.

Fidel V. Ramos was a board member for the International Crisis Group and is an advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation.

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was an advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation and the chair for the Roosevelt Institute.

Jonathan Soros is a senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, George Soros’s son and was the vice chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

George Soros is Jonathan Soros’s father, the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Roosevelt Institute.
Henry Alfred Kissinger

Nobel Peace Prize 1973

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1973/kissinger/facts/

Born: 27 May 1923, Fürth, Germany

Died: 29 November 2023, Kent, CT, USA

Residence at the time of the award: USA

Role: Secretary of State, State Department, Washington

Prize motivation: “for jointly having negotiated a cease fire in Vietnam in 1973”

Henry A. Kissinger was a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner, a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee and the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Elie Wiesel

Nobel Peace Prize 1986

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1986/wiesel/facts/

Born: 30 September 1928, Sighet, Romania

Died: 2 July 2016, New York, NY, USA

Residence at the time of the award: USA

Role: Chairman of The President's Commission on the Holocaust

Prize motivation: “for being a messenger to mankind: his message is one of peace, atonement and dignity”

Elie Wiesel was a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner and an overseer at the International Rescue Committee.

International Rescue Committee is a partner at the ONE Campaign.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee, the Center for American Progress and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and a supporter for the Center for American Progress and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the the Center for American Progress and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Center for American Progress, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

International Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE Campaign.

Debt AIDS Trade Africa is a merged organization with the ONE Campaign.

International Rescue Committee is a partner at the ONE Campaign.

Robert M. Solow

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1987

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/1987/solow/facts/

Born: 23 August 1924, Brooklyn, NY, USA

Died: 21 December 2023, Lexington, MA, USA

Affiliation at the time of the award: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA

Prize motivation: “for his contributions to the theory of economic growth”

Robert M. Solow was a Nobel Foundation Nobel Prize winner (economics) and a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Urban Institute (think tank).

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

Warren E. Buffett is a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank) and an adviser at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Ted Turner was a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and the founder of CNN.

Michael Douglas is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a friend of George Soros.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and a friend of Michael Douglas.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Kofi Atta Annan

Nobel Peace Prize 2001

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2001/annan/facts/

Kofi Atta Annan
Nobel Peace Prize 2001

Born: 8 April 1938, Kumasi, Gold Coast (now Ghana)

Died: 18 August 2018, Bern, Switzerland

Residence at the time of the award: Ghana

Role: U.N. Secretary-General

Prize motivation: “for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world”

Kofi A. Annan was a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner, a board member for the International Crisis Group, an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros is a board member for the International Crisis Group, and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Ted Turner was a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and the founder of CNN.

Michael Douglas is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a friend of George Soros.

Warren E. Buffett is an adviser at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Urban Institute (think tank).

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

Robert M. Solow was a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank) and a Nobel Foundation Nobel Prize winner (economics).

Amartya Sen

Press release

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/1998/press-release/

14 October 1998

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 1998 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, to

Professor Amartya Sen, Trinity College, Cambridge, U.K. (citizen of India)

for his contributions to welfare economics.

Amartya Sen is a Nobel Foundation Nobel Prize winner (economics), a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and married to Emma Rothschild.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Ted Turner was a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the founder & chairman for the Better World Fund and the founder of CNN.

Emma Rothschild is a director at the Better World Fund and married to Amartya Sen.

Better World Fund was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

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).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a board member for the International Crisis Group and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Jessica Tuchman Mathews is a board member for the International Crisis Group, a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Ted Turner was a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and the founder of CNN.

Michael Douglas is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a friend of George Soros.

Warren E. Buffett is an adviser at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the Urban Institute (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is a friend of Michael Douglas.

Robert M. Solow was a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank) and a Nobel Foundation Nobel Prize winner (economics).

Martti Ahtisaari (1937 - 2023)

Finland

https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/laureates/2008

Settler of Conflicts and Peace Mediator

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2008 was awarded to Martti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland, for his great efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts. Ahtisaari was a major contributor when Namibia achieved independence in 1989-90, arbitrated in Kosovo in 1999 and 2005-07, and helped to bring the long-lasting conflict in the Aceh province in Indonesia to an end in 2005.

Martti Ahtisaari was a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner and the chair emeritus for the International Crisis Group.

George Soros is a board member for the International Crisis Group.

Mario J. Molina

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1995

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1995/molina/facts/

Born: 19 March 1943, Mexico City, Mexico

Died: 7 October 2020, Mexico City, Mexico

Affiliation at the time of the award: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA

Prize motivation: “for their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone”

Mario J. Molina was a Nobel Foundation Nobel prize winner (chemistry) and a director at the ClimateWorks Foundation.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the ClimateWorks Foundation.

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

Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr.

Nobel Peace Prize 2007

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2007/summary/

The Nobel Peace Prize 2007 was awarded jointly to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change"

Albert A. Gore Jr. is a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner, and the chairman for the Climate Reality Project.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Climate Reality Project.

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

Barack Hussein Obama

Nobel Peace Prize 2009

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2009/obama/facts/

Born: 4 August 1961, Honolulu, HI, USA

Residence at the time of the award: USA

Role: 44th President of the United States of America

Prize motivation: “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”

Barack Obama is a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner and his golf partner is Melody C. Barnes.

Melody C. Barnes is Barack Obama’s golf partner, was the domestic policy council, director for the Barack Obama administration and the EVP for the Center for American Progress.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Center for American Progress and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and was a supporter for the Center for American Progress.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress and the Climate Reality Project.

Albert A. Gore Jr. is the chairman for the Climate Reality Project and a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

Cassandra Q. Butts was the SVP for the Center for American Progress and the deputy White House counsel for the Barack Obama administration.

Carol M. Browner is a senior fellow, director at the Center for American Progress, was the energy czar for the Barack Obama administration and a director at the Climate Reality Project.

Lawrence H. Summers is a distinguished fellow at the Center for American Progress, Kenneth J. Arrow’s nephew and was the National Economic Council chairman for the Barack Obama administration.

Kenneth J. Arrow was Lawrence H. Summers’s uncle and a Nobel Foundation Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Barack Obama was the president for the Barack Obama administration and is a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Nobel Peace Prize 2011

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2011/johnson_sirleaf/facts/

Born: 29 October 1938, Monrovia, Liberia

Residence at the time of the award: Liberia

Role: President of Liberia

Prize motivation: “for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work”

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner and was a guest at George Soros’s 2013 wedding.

George Soros was married in 2013 and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf attended his 2013 wedding.
Mohamed Anwar al-Sadat

Nobel Peace Prize 1978

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1978/al-sadat/facts/

Born: 25 December 1918, Mit Abu al-Kawm, Egypt

Died: 6 October 1981, Cairo, Egypt

Residence at the time of the award: Egypt

Role: President of the Arab Republic of Egypt

Prize motivation: “for jointly having negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel in 1978”

Anwar Sadat was a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner, Richard A. Debs was his pro-bono financial adviser and was the president of Egypt.

Mohamed Morsi was the president of Egypt and is the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Richard A. Debs was Anwar Sadat’s pro-bono financial adviser, a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and is a member, executive committee chairman for the Bretton Woods Committee.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, a board member for the International Crisis Group, a friend of Michael Douglas and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the International Rescue Committee.

Kofi A. Annan was a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a board member for the International Crisis Group, a Nobel Foundation Nobel Peace prize winner and an overseer at the International Rescue Committee.

Albert Einstein was the founder of the International Rescue Committee and a Nobel Foundation Nobel Prize winner (physics).

Henry A. Kissinger was an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

ONE Campaign is a partner at the International Rescue Committee and the United Nations Foundation.

Muhammad Yunus is a director at the United Nations Foundation and a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

Michelle Obama was an advocate for the ONE Campaign.

Barack Obama is married to Michelle Obama and a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

Morton H. Halperin is a director at the ONE Campaign and Newsmax’s Mark Halperin’s father.

Susan A. Buffett is a director at the ONE Campaign and Warren E. Buffett’s daughter.

Howard G. Buffett is a director at the ONE Campaign and Warren E. Buffett’s son.

Warren E. Buffett is Susan A. Buffett & Warren E. Buffett’s father, an adviser at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the Urban Institute (think tank).

Robert M. Solow was a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank) and a Nobel Foundation Nobel Prize winner (economics).

Nelson Mandela

Nelson R. Mandela was a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner, the president for South Africa, a founder & honorary elder for The Elders and married to Graca Machel.

Graca Machel was married to Nelson R. Mandela, is a director at the Better World Fund, and a member of The Elders.

Gro Harlem Brundtland is a director at the Better World Fund, and a member of The Elders.

Muhammad Yunus is a director at the Better World Fund, and a member of The Elders.

Better World Fund was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Ted Turner was the founder & chairman for the Better World Fund, the founder of CNN and a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Amartya Sen is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), a Nobel Foundation Nobel Prize winner (economics) and married to Emma Rothschild.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

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).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the Millennium Promise.

Jimmy Carter was an honorary co-chairman for the Millennium Promise and a member of The Elders.

Angelina Jolie was a director at the Millennium Promise, a co-founder for the Jolie/Pitt Foundation and is a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Nobel Peace Prize 1981

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1981/refugees/facts/

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Nobel Peace Prize 1981

Founded: 1950, Geneva, Switzerland

Prize motivation: “for promoting the fundamental rights of refugees”

Nelson R. Mandela was a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner, the president for South Africa, a founder & honorary elder for The Elders and married to Graca Machel.

Barack Obama is a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner and married to Michelle Obama.

Michelle Obama is married to Barack Obama and was an advocate for the ONE Campaign.

International Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE Campaign.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is a board member for the International Crisis Group.

Martti Ahtisaari was the chair emeritus for the International Crisis Group and a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

Kofi A. Annan was a board member for the International Crisis Group, an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

Elie Wiesel was an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

Henry A. Kissinger was an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

Albert Einstein was the founder of the International Rescue Committee and a Nobel Foundation Nobel Prize winner (physics).

Alan R. Batkin is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and a director at the Millennium Promise.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee and the Millennium Promise.

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

Angelina Jolie was a director at the Millennium Promise and is a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Nobel peace prize winner.

Jimmy Carter was an honorary co-chairman for the Millennium Promise, a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner and a member of The Elders.

Graca Machel is a member of The Elders and was married to Nelson R. Mandela.

Nelson R. Mandela was married to Graca Machel, a founder & honorary elder for The Elders, the president for South Africa and a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.
Barack Obama is a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner and married to Michelle Obama.

Michelle Obama is married to Barack Obama and was an advocate for the ONE Campaign.

International Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE Campaign.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

International Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE Campaign.

Michael R. Bloomberg was an advocate for the ONE Campaign and is the founder of Bloomberg LP.

David Rhodes was the head of US television for Bloomberg LP and is Benjamin J. Rhodes’s brother.

Benjamin J. Rhodes is David Rhodes’s brother, a co-author for Without Precedent and was a deputy national security adviser for the Barack Obama administration.

Thomas H. Kean is a co-author for Without Precedent and the chairman for the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Bloomberg Politics is a division of Bloomberg LP.

Mark Halperin was the founding editor for Bloomberg Politics, In 2010, Halperin joined MSNBC, becoming the senior political analyst and a contributor and Morton H. Halperin’s son.

Harold E. Ford Jr. was a political commentator at MSNBC and an overseer at the International Rescue Committee.

International Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE Campaign.

Morton H. Halperin is a senior adviser for the Soros Open Society Foundations, a director at the ONE Campaign and served with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Kofi A. Annan was an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and a Nobel Foundation Nobel Peace prize winner.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Amartya Sen is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a Nobel Foundation Nobel Prize winner (economics).

Warren E. Buffett is an adviser at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Urban Institute (think tank) and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

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

Urban Institute (think tank) is a contractor for Obamacare.

Robert M. Solow was a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank) and a Nobel Foundation Nobel Prize winner (economics).

Anwar Sadat was a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner, Richard A. Debs was his pro-bono financial adviser and was the president of Egypt.

Mohamed Morsi was the president of Egypt and is the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Richard A. Debs was Anwar Sadat’s pro-bono financial adviser and a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Kofi A. Annan was a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and a Nobel Foundation Nobel Peace prize winner.

Albert A. Gore Jr. is a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner and the chairman for the Climate Reality Project.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Climate Reality Project and the Center for American Progress

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and a supporter for the Center for American Progress.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Carol M. Browner is a director at the Climate Reality Project, a senior fellow, director at the Center for American Progress and was the energy czar for the Barack Obama administration.

Cassandra Q. Butts was the SVP for the Center for American Progress and the deputy White House counsel for the Barack Obama administration.

Carol M. Browner is a senior fellow, director at the Center for American Progress, was the energy czar for the Barack Obama administration and a director at the Climate Reality Project.

Kenneth J. Arrow was Lawrence H. Summers’s uncle and a Nobel Foundation Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Barack Obama is a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner and was the president for the Barack Obama administration.

Tom Daschle was the nominee for health and human services secretary for the Barack Obama administration and is a director at the Center for American Progress.

Ezekiel Emanuel was the health care policy adviser for the Barack Obama administration and is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

Philip J. Crowley was the assistant secretary of state for the Barack Obama administration and the director of homeland security at the Center for American Progress.

Derek Douglas was a special assistant for urban affairs for the Barack Obama administration and an associate director of economic policy at the Center for American Progress.

Bradley J. Kiley was the director of management and administration for the Barack Obama administration and a VP for the Center for American Progress.

Karen Kornbluh was a policy director for Barack Obama and a visiting scholar at the Center for American Progress.

Jeanne Lambrew was the deputy assistant to the president for health policy for the Barack Obama administration and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

Denis McDonough was the chief of staff; former deputy national security adviser for the Barack Obama administration and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

Esther M. Olavarria was the deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for the Barack Obama administration and the director of immigration policy at the Center for American Progress.

Dan Restrepo was a special assistant to the president for the Barack Obama administration and the Americas Project director at the Center for American Progress.

Gene B. Sperling was the assistant to the president for economic policy for the Barack Obama administration and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

Todd Stern was the special envoy for climate change at the U.S. Department of State for the Barack Obama administration and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

Melody C. Barnes was the domestic policy council, director for the Barack Obama administration, Barack Obama’s golf partner and the EVP for the Center for American Progress.

AT&T Inc. was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Apple Inc. was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Bank of America Corp. was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

BMW of North America LLC was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Citigroup Inc. was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Coca-Cola Company was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Facebook was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

General Electric Company was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Bailout Company) was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Motion Picture Association of America was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

PepsiCo, Inc. was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

PG&E Corporation was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Samsung Electronics Co. was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Time Warner Inc. was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

T-Mobile USA, Inc. was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Toyota Motor North America was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Visa Inc. was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Wells Fargo & Co. was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Center for American Progress and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Thomas H. Kean is the chairman for the Carnegie Corporation of New York and a co-author for Without Precedent.

Benjamin J. Rhodes is a co-author for Without Precedent, David Rhodes’s brother, and was a deputy national security adviser for the Barack Obama administration.

David Rhodes is Benjamin J. Rhodes’s brother and was the head of US television for Bloomberg LP.

Michael R. Bloomberg is the founder of Bloomberg LP and was an advocate for the ONE Campaign.

International Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE Campaign.

Michelle Obama was an advocate for the ONE Campaign and is married to Barack Obama.

International Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE Campaign.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee.

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

Kofi A. Annan was an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

Elie Wiesel was an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

Henry A. Kissinger was an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and a Nobel Foundation Nobel peace prize winner.

Albert Einstein was the founder of the International Rescue Committee and a Nobel Foundation Nobel Prize winner (physics).

Resources: Past Research

Rep. Carter Nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize (Connecting the Dots: Nobel Prize Winners (RIGGED) & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the Nobel Peace Prize)

Thursday, June 26, 2025

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/06/rep-carter-nominates-trump-for-nobel.html

Nobel Prize Winners (RIGGED) (Past Research on the Nobel Peace Prize)

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/12/nobel-prize-winners-rigged.html

Peace Prize Tell-All Book: Some Didn't Want to Honor Al Gore (Past Research on the Nobel Peace Prize & Norway)

Friday, October 2, 2015

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/10/peace-prize-tell-all-book-some-didnt.html

Trump Pledges to Do ‘Whatever Is Necessary’ to ‘Fix’ Venezuela (Past Research on Venezuela)

Saturday, May 20, 2017

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/05/trump-pledges-to-do-whatever-is.html

“Tear Down This Wall” (Connecting the Dots: Mikhail Gorbachev, Wheelchair Foundation, Roosevelt Institute, Green Cross International, Global Green USA & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the Wheelchair Foundation, Roosevelt Institute & Mikhail Gorbachev)

Monday, January 6, 2025

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/01/tear-down-this-wall-connecting-dots.html

Dr. Morton Halperin – J Street Education Fund (Connecting the Dots: J Street, Morton Halperin, The Open Society Foundations, Newsmax’s Mark Halperin, Rhonda (Randi) Weingarten, The ONE Campaign, MSNBC, ACLU, The Carnegie & Soros Funding) (Past Research on the ONE Campaign)

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/06/dr-morton-halperin-j-street-education.html

The CIA, LSD, The Grateful Dead and the Man Who Changed the 60s: The Owsley Stanley Story (Connecting the Dots: George H.W. Bush, The CIA, The Bohemian Club, The Grateful Dead, The U.S. Military, CDC, FDA, LSD & The Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past Research on the Carnegie Corporation of New York)

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-cia-lsd-grateful-dead-and-man-who.html

Ben Rhodes Emerging as ‘Person of Interest’ in House Intelligence Committee Unmasking Probe (Past Research on Ben Rhodes)

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/08/ben-rhodes-emerging-as-person-of.html

The New Ad Campaign: Why Pepsi Loves the President (Connecting the Dots: The Barack Obama administration, The Center for American Progress & The Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past Research on the Center for American Progress)

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-new-ad-campaign-why-pepsi-loves.html

AT&T outlines $250 billion US investment plan to boost infrastructure in AI age (Connecting the Dots: AT&T, Verizon & The Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past Research on the Center for American Progress)

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/03/at-outlines-250-billion-us-investment.html