Monthly Archives: July 2010
Last Thursday, the House State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee held its first in a series of hearings about Afghan corruption problems and U.S. aid to Afghanistan. The hearing comes as part of Chairwoman Lowey’s commitment to investigate concerns about rampant corruption in the country as she withholds $3.9 billion in FY 2011 U.S. assistance for Afghanistan. [...]
Gearing up for the Afghanistan Donors Conference tomorrow, the Obama administration announced a flurry of development projects in Pakistan today. Secretary Clinton unveiled two hydroelectric dams, one in the mountains of northern Pakistan and the other in South Waziristan; 13 irrigation, water storage and municipal water projects across the country; renovation or construction of three [...]
1. Senate Approves 302(b) Allocations, Cuts the International Affairs Budget
2. Appropriations Process Picking Up Speed, Senate Markup of State-Foreign Operations Bill Next Week
3. House and Senate Hold Oversight Hearings on Afghanistan
Yesterday the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the FY11 appropriations allocations that include a $2.6 billion cut to the President’s funding request for the International Affairs Budget. The USGLC released a statement, saying, “While we appreciate Chairman Inouye’s efforts to restore some of the cut that came out of the Budget Committee earlier this year, we [...]
Today we announced that David Gregory, moderator of NBC’s Meet The Press, would be speaking at the USGLC’s annual conference, which will be held September 28-29 in Washington, D.C.
With concerns mounting in Congress about U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, Secretary Clinton and Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke will attend a donors conference in Kabul July 20 as part of the largest gathering of foreign leaders in Afghanistan since the 1970s. Co-chaired by the Government of Afghanistan and the United Nations, the conference will reinforce U.S. [...]
I attended a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing Tuesday during which Committee members discussed civilian and governance issues in Afghanistan, a problem that has taken on an increasing profile recently in the United States.
USGLC Concerned About Funding for International Affairs Budget Washington, DC — The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition today released the following statement from Executive Director Liz Schrayer on today’s Senate approval of the FY 2011 appropriations 302(b) allocation for the State-Foreign Operations Appropriations bill, which cuts $2.6 billion from the President’s request for the International Affairs [...]
Four former USAID Administrators take to the virtual pages of Huffington Post today to argue for boosting funding to America’s development agency. “USAID’s investments result in gains in diplomacy and democracy worldwide,” write J. Brian Atwood, Heniretta Holsman Fore, M. Peter McPherson and Andrew Natsios. “However, cuts to the International Affairs budget will only weaken [...]
One would imagine that a national investment that pays dividends in the forms of greater national security, economic growth, and revitalized American values would be a wise investment in the future of our country.
