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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele]There are a number of US government funded scholarship programs for foreign students, not just those in the Middle East. I've known several students who came to the US as Muskie Fellows:

http://georgia.usembassy.gov/resources/programs/muskie-graduate-fellowship.html

One graduate of this program, a woman, is now the Defense Minister of Georgia. 
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That's great but wouldn't it be even better if we gave these grants to our own citizens so one could be our Secretary of Defense - maybe someone from a poor neighborhood? One thing we should ha w learned by now is giving money and "helping" people does not mean they are our allies. In fact they often use it against us. Why do we have to provide these grants?[/quote]

No program is absolutely perfect or has an absolutely perfect record of success. But if providing a US education results in other countries being more effectively run and friendly to the US, that is a lot cheaper than trying to deal with failed countries that are unfriendly to the US.

We can and should do more than one thing at a time. Providing foreign grants doesn't preclude providing domestic grants as well. If you are looking to save money, there are a lot of options beyond these grants. Paying for education makes a lot more sense than paying for weapons. All of those US-supplied Humvees being driven by ISIS could have paid for a lot of education.
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