Indeed, with the exception of Ron Paul — who would let the Egyptians fend for themselves and cut off all foreign aid — the most detailed discussions of Egypt came from Ann Coulter and Rick Santorum.
Many factors create the condom shortfall: little public discussion of the situation, shifting foreign aid priorities, laws that drive up prices, distribution problems in poor countries and religious opposition.
However, foreign aid is an extremely important debate that needs wider discussion".
Not everyone is so frank, but the subtext of much of the discussion of Haiti is despair about both Haiti and foreign aid.
But the practicality of foreign aid in the 21st century is a much broader subject worthy of discussion on its own.
"There needs to be a public discussion," he said, adding that the only mention of foreign aid in the campaign came during a debate when the Obama campaign said they might not be able to afford doubling the (already miniscule) budget for foreign aid.
The bishops' list omits the church's traditional opposition to artificial means of contraception, once a hot topic of American Catholic moral discussion, but now seldom mentioned (except in connection with foreign aid).
In the accompanying discussion guide, students receive a general overview of why countries provide foreign aid before diving into a more detailed examination of Japan's foreign aid history.
During a discussion of Pakistan, Perry proposed that the U.S. temporarily reduce all foreign aid "to zero," before re-evaluating whether to commit funds on a case-by-case basis.
Critical issues are identified from a range of perspectives and thus set the scene for the discussions that follow in subsequent chapters, which cover development theories, practices, and problems of foreign aid in the contemporary social, political, and economic environment.
While domestic policies have dominated much of the public discussion leading up to the election, the main parties have also made clear their intentions on foreign aid.
