Monthly Archives: May 2010
Last week, Joint Chiefs Chairman Mike Mullen took the extraordinary step of writing Speaker Pelosi and Senator Majority Leader Reid in support of the International Affairs budget. The letter is frank in its language, asserting that diplomacy and development have been underfunded for too long, leaving the military to bear the brunt of what should properly [...]
With the week-long Memorial Day recess quickly approaching, Congress is moving forward on the $59 billion FY 10 supplemental spending package for the war, Haiti and disaster assistance. The bill contains $6.1 billion in funding for the International Affairs Budget, including almost $2 billion for Haiti and several billion for the “Frontline States” of Afghanistan, [...]
USGLC National Security Advisory Council Co-Chairs Adm. James M. Loy and Gen. Michael Hagee appeared yesterday on “This Week in Defense,” to discuss how important U.S. foreign assistance is to our national security and why Congress should restore the Senate Budget Committee’s recent cut of $4 billion from the International Affairs Budget. The military leaders [...]
On Sunday, May 23 Gen. Michael Hagee, USMC (Ret.), and Adm. James Loy, USCG (Ret.), co-chairs of the USGLC’s National Security Advisory Council, sat down with Defense News’ Vago Muradian to make the case for fully funding President Obama’s $58.8 Billion request for the International Affairs Budget and to boost funding for our civilian-led tools of development and diplomacy.
This morning, business leaders went to Capitol Hill as part of World Trade Week to tell lawmakers and Congressional staff how critical the International Affairs Budget is to their bottom lines. The panelists highlighted the many ways the International Affairs Budget is integral to opening markets for American products and spurring job and economic growth [...]
As World Trade Week wraps up, USGLC members from the business community are on Capitol Hill this morning talking with Congressional staff about how important the International Affairs Budget is to our economy. As 1 out of 5 American jobs are tied to international trade, and our fastest growing markets representing roughly half of all [...]
1. Momentum Building on Bipartisan Letter to Senate Appropriators
2. Full Senate to Debate FY 10 Supplemental Next Week
3. USGLC Holds Lobby Day for Congressional Appropriators
4. USGLC Sponsors “World Trade Week” Briefing on Capitol Hill
5. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Holds Haiti Hearing
Today the USGLC held its annual Appropriations Lobby Day on Capitol Hill, visiting nearly 40 members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees.
Secretary Clinton leaves on a three-nation trip to Asia today, highlighting commercial diplomacy and the importance of U.S. market access and job creation. She starts off in Japan for a day of meetings with government officials with likely discussions on the U.S. base in Okinawa. She then moves on to China for a stop at [...]
This morning, USGLC members are on Capitol Hill meeting with 39 Members and/or their staffs urging them to support the President’s $58.8 billion International Affairs Budget request in the appropriations committees. With the $4 billion cut by the Senate Budget Committee and the unlikelihood of a budget resolution, this funding must be restored by appropriators. [...]
