US and Brazil to launch strategic dialogue in energy – MSN News

US and Brazil to launch strategic dialogue in energy –  . Washington, Aug 13 (PTI) As part of their effort to reduce dependence on conventional sources of energy and explore alternative forms, US and Brazil have announced to launch a Strategic Dialogue in Energy.

The Deputy Energy Secretary Daniel Poneman will lead an inter-agency delegation to Brazil on August 17, for launch of the US-Brazil Strategic Energy Dialogue, the White House has said.

The announcement in this regard was made in March by US President Barack Obama and his Brazilian counterpart Dilma Rousseff.

Borrowing from the Communists to Pay the Jihadis – Clifford D. May – National Review Online

Borrowing from the Communists to Pay the Jihadis – Clifford D. May – National Review Online. The debt crisis, chronic high unemployment, the tumbling stock market, the credit downgrade — these are — fairly obviously — symptoms of an economy in distress. We might disagree about the best policy responses. But perhaps we can agree on the worst: Borrow massive amounts of money from the Communists who want to diminish us and transfer that wealth to the jihadis who want to destroy us. Surprise: That long has been U.S. government policy. Both Democrats and Republicans have endorsed it and, so far at least, it remains in place.

This reality was driven home last week when China’s rulers, who sit on at least $1.16 trillion in U.S. Treasury securities, scolded “debt-ridden Uncle Sam,” instructing Washington that “the good old days when it could just borrow its way out of messes of its own making are finally gone.”