Monthly Archives: August 2010
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussed the Administration’s Global Health Initiative (GHI) today before an audience at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Calling attention to the successes and shortcomings of U.S. global health investments in previous years, Secretary Clinton promised a new approach in the $63 billion GHI that will build on [...]
“Woefully underfunded” was how Secretary of Defense Robert S. Gates described our U.S. civilian agencies at a speech at the Marines’ Memorial Association on Friday. The total number of foreign service officers at the State Department — approximately 6,000 — is not enough to provide the necessary manpower to crew a single aircraft carrier, he [...]
The U.S. continues to put its best foot forward assisting the Pakistani people in the wake of devastating floods, using its unparalleled international-development infrastructure to provide relief. The U.S. has increased its assistance to $76 million to the flood-affected populations. These funds are being provided to UN agencies, the International Committee of the Red Cross [...]
USAID announced renewed humanitarian commitments to respond to the devastating floods in Pakistan yesterday. Mark Ward, the Acting Director of the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, detailed an additional $20 million in assistance, bringing the US contribution to date to $55 million. “It’s important to note that because this disaster is so vast and we’re [...]
Last Friday, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) CEO Daniel Yohannes responded to concerns raised by Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) stemming from a Reuters report that China’s Sinohydro Corporation signed a contract with Mali to build a new airport for the capital, a $71.6 million project financed by the MCC. Senator Webb requested that the MCC cancel [...]
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New York Times columnist Nicolas Kristof recently highlighted the ongoing debate over the balance of funding the United States is spending on the war in Afghanistan. While military programs remain the overwhelming proportion of U.S. funding, Kristof observed that “education can actually transform a nation.” Funding for twenty schools in Afghanistan, Kristof noted, would cost [...]
