Monthly Archives: July 2009
As the House and Senate adjourn for the August recess, the Fiscal Year 2010 International Affairs Budget is on track to be funded at $51 billion. On July 9th, the House of Representatives passed its FY 2010 State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations bill (H.R. 3081), and the Senate Appropriations Committee approved its own [...]
Today, the House is poised to complete consideration of all 12 Appropriations bills, as it takes up the FY10 Defense Appropriations bill. Completion of all 12 bills comes just before the House is prepared to adjourn for its August recess. The last time the House passed all 12 bills was in 2007. With passage of [...]
Foreign assistance reform is taking shape on Capitol Hill as Senate Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) and Ranking Member Richard Lugar (R-IN), along with Senators Menendez (D-NJ), Corker (R-TN), Cardin (D-MD), and Risch (R-ID), introduced the bipartisan Foreign Assistance Revitalization and Accountability Act of 2009 this week. Earlier this year, House Committee on Foreign [...]
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is travelling to Africa next week to follow through on President Obama’s commitment to make Africa a priority in U.S. foreign policy. State Department officials announced that Secretary Clinton will begin her trip on August 5th, and she will visit Kenya, South Africa, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, [...]
New Leadership Named for Communications and Field Operations WASHINGTON, DC— The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition announced today that Kate Bunting has been named its new Managing Director. Bunting will manage the USGLC’s day-to-day communications, field, policy, and program operations. The USGLC also announced Richard Parker as the new Communications Director and Mark Moskowitz as the [...]
Internships at the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition About the Coalition America’s Voice for Security, Prosperity & Humanitarian Values The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition is a broad-based, nationwide coalition of businesses, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and community leaders that advocates for a strong U.S. International Affairs Budget. Members of the USGLC – a vibrant, influential network of [...]
Secretary Clinton talked about the importance of development and diplomacy and the new QDDR while she met with employees at the consulate in Mumbai yesterday: “I am committed to elevating diplomacy and development to be on an equal par with defense, as part of our foreign policy. And, to that end, the State Department will [...]
David Kampf, of Foreign Policy in Focus, wrote a great commentary piece on the importance of foreign aid to our economic and national security. Check it out! “The United States can help. Foreign assistance that saves lives, alleviates hunger, fights diseases, and creates opportunities is in everyone’s interest. Today’s humanitarian concerns are often tomorrow’s disasters, [...]
In a major address at the Council of Foreign Relations, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton continued her call to invest in development and diplomacy as critical tools of our foreign policy. Defining smart power as “central to our thinking and decision-making,” Secretary Clinton advanced the Obama Administration’s commitment to strengthening America’s civilian capacity both in [...]
President Obama has nominated Aaron Williams to become the next Peace Corps Director. Mr. Williams is an excellent choice to lead the Peace Corps as he served as a volunteer himself in the Dominican Republic from 1967 to 1970, and has an extensive background in international development.
