Monthly Archives: February 2009
The U.S. Global Leadership Campaign applauds the Obama Administration’s bold and visionary leadership in requesting $51.7 billion for the FY10 International Affairs Budget, a 9.5% increase. While the details will not be released until April, it is clear from this top-line request that President Obama recognizes the importance of elevating America’s civilian-led tools of diplomacy [...]
On February 26, President Obama submitted the broad outlines of his $3.6 trillion FY10 Budget request. The proposal calls for an overall 5% increase in discretionary spending, excluding the recently enacted Recovery Act. Following on campaign pledges to increase spending for diplomacy and development and launch several important global initiatives, President Obama’s first request proposes [...]
February 26, 2009 Bipartisan Support for Obama Budget’s Strong International Affairs Funding Critical to National Security, Economic Prosperity Washington, DC – The U.S. Global Leadership Campaign today applauded President Barack Obama’s FY2010 International Affairs Budget request for $51.7 billion, an increase of 9.5% from FY2009′s $47.2 billion, and called on Congress to fully fund the [...]
Congress is set to vote this week on an Omnibus spending bill that will complete the FY09 Appropriations cycle roughly five months into the fiscal year. The Omnibus, which was largely settled by Appropriators in December during the 110th Congress, has been on hold pending the inauguration of President Obama and passage of the economic [...]
Forty-seven retired senior military officers released an open letter to President Barack Obama calling for “a robust FY10 International Affairs Budget that sufficiently invests in ‘smart power.’” The officers are members of the U.S. Global Leadership Campaign’s National Security Advisory Council (NSAC), a unique, non-partisan group of prominent retired three and four-star generals and admirals [...]
February 12, 2009 45 Members of USGLC’s National Security Advisory Council Urge President Obama to Propose Robust FY2010 International Affairs Budget Washington, DC – 45 retired senior military officers released an open letter to President Barack Obama today calling for “a robust FY10 International Affairs Budget that sufficiently invests in ‘smart power.’” The officers are [...]
KRISTI HEIM The Seattle Times February 10, 2009 Washington state is in the soft power business. Dozens of local organizations involved in global affairs have a stake in defining the U.S. role in the world, and they’re calling for an overhaul of some basic principles. They’re hoping to influence policy in the other Washington to [...]
At Final Impact ’08 Event in DC, Transition Advisors from Previous Administrations Discuss Global Challenges and Opportunities Facing Obama Transition Team Clinton transition advisor Paul Begala, Bush policy advisor Michael Gerson and moderator Jim Lehrer of PBS’ “The NewsHour” discussed two new reports released by the Center for US Global Engagement at this post-election foreign [...]
Impact ’08 held its final event, a discussion on the global challenges and opportunities facing President-elect Barack Obama with former Senator Bill Bradley. The discussion was moderated by Columbus Dispatch Senior Editor Joe Hallett. The event took place at The Ohio State University as part of Impact ’08 in Ohio, in partnership with OSU’s John [...]
