Monthly Archives: September 2009
This afternoon, the Senate passed the Legislative Branch conference report, which includes a month-long continuing resolution (CR), by a vote of 62 to 38. The CR goes to the President for signature and will fund the federal government through October 31 at non-emergency FY09 spending levels: $38.2 billion for the International Affairs Budget. Last week, [...]
Today, the Senate is expected to vote on the Legislative Branch conference report, which includes a month-long continuing resolution (CR), just before the fiscal year ends. The CR is will fund the federal government through October 31 at non-emergency FY09 spending levels: $38.2 billion for the International Affairs Budget. Last week, the House passed the [...]
Tom Nides Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources As Deputy Secretary of State, Tom Nides serves as Chief Operating Officer for the State Department, where he is responsible for economic matters and for the Department’s annual budget request to Congress. He also serves as chair of the first Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review which seeks [...]
Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State An outspoken advocate for development and diplomacy through her tenures as First Lady and U.S. Senator, Hillary Clinton highlighted the need for strengthened civilian resources during her run for the Presidency, and put that agenda into action as President Obama’s Secretary of State. Since she assumed her position, she has [...]
Secretary Clinton stressed the importance of taking a smart power approach to solving the global problem of food security during today’s closing address at the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York. Beginning with an account of a day in the life of one of the world’s poorest farmers, she explained how global food [...]
As the Senate Finance Committee continues to debate the many amendments to the Baucus healthcare overhaul bill, the House today passed a month-long continuing resolution (CR), which was attached to the Legislative Branch conference report, by a vote of 217 to 190. The Senate is expected to take up the CR either on Tuesday or Wednesday, just [...]
Barack Obama President At Obama’s White House, Winston Churchill was sent into retirement, the spotlights were green for the East Room reception on St. Patrick’s Day
Jack Lew Chief of Staff to the President Before becoming President Obama’s chief gatekeeper, Jack Lew served as OMB Director for President Obama. He also served as Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, where he played a key role in advocating for the International Affairs Budget and was instrumental in the Administration’s robust [...]
By Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the UN, Amartya Sen and Michel Camdessus, former managing director of the IMF – The Austrailian The Australian, September 25, 2009 First, G20 leaders need to follow through with the commitments they’ve made to a Global Plan for Recovery and Reform. Having recognised its “collective responsibility to mitigate [...]
President Obama kept a fast-paced schedule this week in New York and at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh where he and Secretary Clinton both stressed the importance of U.S. engagement with the world on topics as diverse as climate change and food security. While the U.N. General Assembly ended without a clear path to a [...]
