Monthly Archives: March 2010
Delayed so he could make a final push for health care reform, President Obama’s trip to Indonesia and Australia will occur next week, and the itinerary has been released. President Obama will first travel to Guam on March 22, followed the next day by Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim country. The Administration has made [...]
Support for the International Affairs Budget was highlighted last week with members of the Congressional Black Caucus and the NGO community both sending letters to Budget Committee leaders in support of the President’s $58.5 billion request for FY 2011.
International Women’s Day was this past Monday, but many observances were held throughout the week. Monday began with an opinion editorial from USGLC advisors Ann Lewis and Susan Molinari in Politico and a video message from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Last night was the Ninth Annual Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards, where Melinda Gates, [...]
While it has not officially been announced, our sources on the Hill have indicated that both the House and Senate Budget Committee mark-ups of the FY11 Budget Resolutions will be delayed until after the spring recess, which is currently scheduled for March 29th through April 9th. Delaying the Committee mark-ups will ensure Congress does not [...]
In a speech yesterday morning to the Export-Import Bank (an entity funded by the International Affairs Budget), President Obama talked about the importance of global trade to America’s economic well-being. “[T]o look out for our workers, we’ve got to be able to compete in the global marketplace,” he said. “I set a goal of doubling [...]
Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday and announced new positions to assist in promoting our diplomatic efforts around the globe. The first position is a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Media Support in State’s Bureau of Public Affairs, which [...]
President Obama outlined the connection between overseas markets and jobs here at home when he spoke this morning at the Export-Import Bank—an entity funded from the International Affairs Budget. In the speech, the President said: We are rebuilding an economy where we generate more American jobs in more American industries by producing and exporting more [...]
Gates’ Testimony Watch the hearing Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, was on Capitol Hill Wednesday discussing “new directions in global health” before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. His Foundation’s Living Proof Project highlights the many successes of U.S.-funded global health initiatives, and Gates today offered his hard-earned wisdom to the [...]
Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, was on Capitol Hill yesterday discussing “new directions in global health” before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. His Foundation’s Living Proof Project highlights the many successes of U.S.-funded global health initiatives, and Gates yesterday offered his important advice to the Committee: “As you and your [...]
President Obama met with Haitian President Rene Preval today, pledging aid to the distraught nation. “The situation on the ground remains dire,” Mr. Obama said after meeting with Preval at the White House. “And people should be under no illusions that the crisis is over.” Navy officials said earlier today that the hospital ship U.S.N.S. [...]
