Daily Archives: April 27, 2010
In an effort to engage with, and reach out to, the Muslim world, Secretary Clinton today announced the Partners for a New Beginning program. Partners for a New Beginning will encourage companies to contribute equipment or technology to Centers of Scientific Excellence the U.S. is developing overseas in predominantly Muslim countries and by facilitating [...]
Senator John Kerry, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Congressman Howard Berman, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, recently released statements in response to the Senate Budget Committee’s decision to cut the International Affairs Budget by more than $4 billion.
One issue that unites all secretaries of state of either party is maintaining a strong U.S. profile in world affairs.
If there is one issue that every one of the last seven secretaries of state agrees on, it’s the need to increase State Department and foreign assistance funding next year.
As the Senate Foreign Relations Committee begins mark up today of the first foreign affairs authorization bill in five years, all eight living former U.S. Secretaries of State have written a letter urging Congress not to cut the international affairs budget.
In a powerful demonstration of bipartisan unity, all eight former Secretaries of State teamed up this morning to write Congress urging them to support the President’s $58.5 billion FY 2011 International Affairs Budget request. From both Democratic and Republican Administrations, the Secretaries joined together in reiterating the critical role development and diplomacy programs play in [...]
Washington, DC — In a powerful demonstration of bipartisan unity, all eight former Secretaries of State teamed up today to write Congress urging them to support the President’s $58.5 billion FY 2011 International Affairs Budget request.
In an important sign of unity among America’s most respected diplomats, all eight former Secretaries of State have teamed up to write Congress in support of President Obama’s FY11 $58.5 billion International Affairs Budget request.
After the Senate Budget Committee took a big swipe at next year’s foreign-affairs budget, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will get a chance this week to defend President Obama’s request.
