Nbadan
08-14-2006, 02:32 PM
Reuters
Thursday, August 10, 2006; 5:26 PM
Bush unveils plan to tackle global corruption
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush launched a new global campaign on Thursday to combat kleptocracy, or rampant government corruption, which he said undermines democracy and development in poor countries.
"Kleptocracy is an obstacle to democratic progress, undermines faith in government institutions, and steals prosperity from the people," Bush said in a statemen
Bush's National Strategy To Internationalize Efforts Against Kleptocracy follows the agreement by the Group of Eight powers at their summit in St. Petersburg, Russia to coordinate legal and financial policies to fight corruption.
"Our objective is to defeat high-level public corruption in all its forms and to deny corrupt officials access to the international financial system as a means of defrauding their people and hiding their ill-gotten gains," Bush said.
We have officially just crossed over into The Twilight Zone.
:hat
Thursday, August 10, 2006; 5:26 PM
Bush unveils plan to tackle global corruption
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush launched a new global campaign on Thursday to combat kleptocracy, or rampant government corruption, which he said undermines democracy and development in poor countries.
"Kleptocracy is an obstacle to democratic progress, undermines faith in government institutions, and steals prosperity from the people," Bush said in a statemen
Bush's National Strategy To Internationalize Efforts Against Kleptocracy follows the agreement by the Group of Eight powers at their summit in St. Petersburg, Russia to coordinate legal and financial policies to fight corruption.
"Our objective is to defeat high-level public corruption in all its forms and to deny corrupt officials access to the international financial system as a means of defrauding their people and hiding their ill-gotten gains," Bush said.
We have officially just crossed over into The Twilight Zone.
:hat