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Read the New Report

Read the New Report

Today, top business leaders from around the country released a cutting-edge new report demonstrating how U.S. global leadership helps American businesses grow and create jobs here at home. This new report, entitled “U.S. Global Leadership: A Strategic Investment in U.S. Jobs”, illustrates how in today’s global economy, America must invest in development and diplomacy to open new markets to U.S. businesses and create jobs here at home.

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Global Nutrition is Critical Investment for Economic, National Security

Ahead of the Group of 8 Summit at Camp David this weekend, where food security is on the agenda, the Thousand Days partnership this morning hosted a briefing on Capitol Hill on global efforts to combat maternal and child malnutrition through the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) movement. [...]

G8 Should Strengthen Development to Promote Economic Growth

While development has been on the G8 agenda for the past several years, the world financial crisis has taken precedence, pushing it aside. This year, development and food security are once again slated for the agenda as the Group of 8 meet on May 18 and 19 to discuss shared economic and strategic objectives. [...]

Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Clears Congress

On the Senate floor yesterday, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), the Ranking Member of the State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee, shared his view that the Ex-Im Bank “makes money, it doesn’t lose money” and “has been a sound way to get American made products into the international marketplace.” [...]

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In The Spotlight

At a time of change and challenge at home and abroad, these investments will enhance the security of Americans, assure the future American leadership, and help build the foundations of peace, stability, and prosperity in the years ahead.

Hillary Clinton Secretary of State

There has never been a time when we could waste money on defense or foreign aid. We need to make sure the money is wisely spent. . . On the other hand, to withdraw or retreat from the world will create a vacuum that will be filled by [other] actors…Disengaging from the world will end up costing us more.

Marco Rubio United States Senator

Economic development is a lot cheaper than sending soldiers.

Robert Gates Former Secretary of Defense

The account we’re talking about can make the difference between a safe America or an at-risk America… if you don’t see it as a national security tool, then I think that we are missing the mark as a nation.

Lindsey Graham United States Senator

This is not just a military campaign. This is not a campaign where we take the hill, plant the flag, and come home to a victory parade. This is a civil-military comprehensive endeavor that requires building on what our troopers in uniform have achieved.

General David Petraeus Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

A safer world and a more prosperous America go hand-in-hand. Economic growth is the key to avoiding the kind of painful austerity that would limit our ability to generate both hard and soft power.

Representative Paul Ryan Chairman of the House Budget Committee

The programs supported by the International Affairs Budget are as essential to our national security as defense programs. Development and diplomacy protect our nation by addressing the root causes of terrorism and conflict. But it’s not just about security. By building new markets overseas for American products, the International Affairs Budget creates jobs and boosts the economy here at home.

Tom Ridge Former Secretary of Homeland Security

The investments we make today in the developing world will help create the jobs of tomorrow here in America. Right now, the tough choice is to maintain foreign assistance, not to cut it. Right now, the bold act of leadership is to defend spending on key international programs, not to attack it.

Bill Gates Chairman of Microsoft

Greater engagement through diplomacy and development is not an option in today’s world: it is a necessity. Investing in American diplomacy serves the interests of our country in all corners of the globe and helps create a better, safer world.

Madeleine Albright Former Secretary of State

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