The Quiet Revolution Must Continue
By Colleen Hussey at 19 February, 2010, 11:52 am
The Quiet Revolution Must Continue
Hon. Mark Green
The Daily Caller: February 19, 2010
We’re facing extraordinarily challenging fiscal times. So as the president’s budget makes its way through the halls of the Capitol, lawmakers will carefully scrutinize every account, every program, and every initiative—as they should. Some will be tempted to look to our international affairs budget as an easy target for cuts. After all, our development and diplomacy dollars don’t have as powerful a special interest voice as many domestic programs do.
But as a former congressman myself, and a former ambassador to a country where foreign assistance is making a crucial difference, I believe it would be a serious mistake for us to try to “fix the deficit” on the back of these programs. Simply put, whether it’s supporting our military missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, responding to international disasters such as the recent earthquake in Haiti, or more generally advancing U.S. interests in key countries and regions throughout the world, our development and diplomacy tools have never been more vital to our national interests.
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Mark Green is a former Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin. He also served as ambassador to Tanzania. He is the director of the Malaria No More Policy Center.
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